喜樂美語

核心畫面

Something that has been around for a long stretch of time — it has years behind it, so it is no longer fresh or new.

可以想成一樣東西「身上已經堆了很多時間」：它存在、被用了很久，後面拖著一長段過去，所以不再是剛出爐、嶄新的那種感覺。…更多收起可以想成一樣東西「身上已經堆了很多時間」：它存在、被用了很久，後面拖著一長段過去，所以不再是剛出爐、嶄新的那種感覺。old 幾乎所有用法都從這個「累積了很多時間」的畫面長出來——有的指物，有的指人，有的指那段過去本身。

原始詞典資料26 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Oldname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7873).

oldadj/əʊld/

  • 1

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    • an old abandoned building
    • an old friend
  • 2

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    • a wrinkled old man
  • 3

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    • an old loaf of bread
  • 4

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    • the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees
    • Basque is the oldest language in Europe
  • 5

    Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

    • I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
  • 6

    Having existed or lived for the specified time.

    • How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
    • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
  • 7

    Of an earlier time.

    • My new car is not as good as my old one.  a school reunion for Old Etonians
    • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
  • 8

    Of an earlier time.

    • The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Of an earlier time.

    • That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
  • 10

    Of an earlier time.

    • When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
    • Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
  • 11

    Of an earlier time.

  • 12

    Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

    • Rik: But even great shtick can get old real fast: the dreaded Saturday Night Live syndrome. Jim: Randomness can help - many Living Books have characters that do different things each time you click on them.
    • John and I built a small stone house on the head of “Bonetta” Canyon and had a hog killing time all by ourselves. Hunting was our delight at first, until it became old.
  • 13

    Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

  • 14

    A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.

    • We're having a good old time.
    • My next car will be a big old SUV.
  • 15

    informalIndicating affection and familiarity.

    • Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us.
  • 16

    Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.

    • Monsieur's story is too old for our Juvenile Magazine.
    • The text is too old for toddlers, but the colorful photographs are large enough and appropriate for them.
  • 17

    obsoleteExcessive, abundant.

    • URSULA: Madam, you must come to your uncle. Yonder's old coil at home: it is proved, my Lady Hero hath been falsely accused, the prince and Claudio mightily abused;

oldnoun/əʊld/

  • 1

    People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

    • A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
  • 2

    slangA person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.

    • Near-synonyms: geezer, oldie, oldster; see also Thesaurus:old person
    • I'm not letting an old wreck my good time today.
  • 3

    slangOne's parents.

    • I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
  • 4

    A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

    • We crossed to the pub on the corner of Carlisle Street and I ordered two schooners of old for him and one of light for me.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。