
Xem thêm: old(a), previous(a), Old, older, erstwhile(a), former(a), onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a), honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)
old adj.
1 age
VERBS be, feel, look, seem You are as old as you feel.
ADV. enough He's old enough by now to manage his own affairs.
PHRASES six months, ten years, etc. old
2 not young
VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound The way the young people rushed about made her feel old. He was beginning to look old. | become, get, grow We're all getting older. As they grow older, they develop new interests.
ADV. extremely, terribly, very | fairly, quite She was quite old when she got married.
3 not new
VERBS be
ADV. extremely, really, terribly, very It's a very old tradition. | fairly, quite
PHRASES oldest known These are some of the oldest known fossil remains. | oldest remaining It's one of the oldest remaining parts of the church. | oldest surviving It's the world's oldest surviving ship.
4 shows affection/lack of respect
PHRASES boring/silly old boring old history books She's a silly old cow! | dear/good old Good old Dad! | funny old It's a funny old world. | poor old You poor old thing! | same old always the same old faces
n.
adj.
an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old
a ripe old age
how old are you?
old tradition
old house
old wine
old country
old friendships
old money
good old boy
same old story
the previous owner
my old house was larger
Old English is also called Anglo Saxon
Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century
an old offender
the older soldiers
erstwhile friend
our former glory
the once capital of the state
her quondam lover
a real honest-to-god live cowboy
had us a high old time
went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel