- [not before noun]
of the age of …岁 - (formal)
very old 年迈的 my aged aunt 我年迈的婶婶 Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful. 年迈的亲戚住在家里有时压力相当大。 I’m not sure if my aged car can make it up that hill. 我拿不准我的老爷车是否能爬上那座山。
Synonyms oldoldTopics Life stagesc1- elderly
- aged
- long-lived
- mature
- old having lived for a long time; no longer young:
She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year. 她上年纪了,明年就 75 岁了。
- elderly (rather formal
) used as a polite word for ‘old’: old 的委婉语,指年纪较大的、上了年纪的: She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives. 她在忙着照顾两个年老的亲戚。
- aged (formal
) very old: 指年迈的、年老的: Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful. 年迈的亲戚住在家里有时压力相当大。
- long-lived having a long life; lasting for a long time:
Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived. 我们家每个人都特别长寿。
- mature used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young:
clothes for the mature woman 成年妇女的服装
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature man/woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/mature gentleman/lady/couple
- the agednoun [plural]
very old people (统称)老人 services for the sick and the aged 为病人和老人提供的服务