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美國傳統詞典
aged
adj.(形容詞)1.Being of advanced age; old.
See Synonyms at elderly老的;舊的
參見 elderly
2.Characteristic of old age.
老年人特有的
3.[?jd] Having reached the age of:
[?jd] …歲的:已到達…年齡的:aged three.三歲
《21世紀雙解》
aged
<<形容詞>>
(more ~; most ~)
A[edd; eidd]
1 (無比較級、最高級)有…歲數的
(
→ old同義字)
A man ~ fifty years.
壹個五十歲的男人
壹般不在深究其詞性與後面的55 years的關系。
如要深究,則將它歸入形容詞是有問題的,55 years是名詞,因為形容詞分表語形容詞、定語形容詞和普通形容詞。如old是普通形容詞。它可以作表語:He is old. He is 50 years old.
可以作定語:He is an old man. He is 50 years old. 表語的中心詞是形容詞old, 50 years是其修飾語。說aged是old的同義詞,但不能簡單地將aged去替換上句中的old,而說:He is aged 50 years. He is a man aged 50 years.
如將aged看成過去分詞,則age作不及物、及物動詞用時,都找不到相近的例子:
<<不及物動詞>>
(aged; ag.ing,age.ing)
1 變老; 變陳舊
He is ag(e)ing rapidly.
他老得快
2 <葡萄酒、乾酪等> 變陳,成熟
The wine is put into oak casks to ~.
酒放進橡木桶中變陳
<<及物動詞>>
1 使<人>變老; 使<東西>變舊
Worry and illness ~ a man.
煩惱和疾病催人老
2 使 <葡萄酒、乾酪等> 變陳,使…成熟