old

old /ould/
  • tính từ
    • già
      • an old man: một ông già
      • my old man: (thông tục) bà nhà tôi
      • an old woman: bà già; người nhút nhát; người hay làm rối lên, người nhặng xị
      • an old maid: gái già; bà cô, người kỹ tính và hay lo lắng
    • già giặn, có kinh nghiệm, lão luyện
      • old head on young shoulders: ít tuổi nhưng già giặn
      • old in diplomacy: có kinh nghiệm về ngoại giao
      • an old bird: cáo già
      • an old hand: tay lão luyện
    • lên... tuổi, thọ
      • he is ten years old: nó lên mười (tuổi)
    • cũ, nát, rách, cổ
      • old clothes: quần áo cũ
      • old friends: những bạn cũ
      • old as the hills: cổ như những trái đồi
    • thân mến (để gọi)
      • look here, old man!: này!, ông bạn thân mến!
    • xưa, ngày xưa
      • old Hanoi: Hà nội ngày xưa
    • the Old World
      • đông bán cầu
    • the good old times: thời oanh liệt xưa, thời đẹp đẽ xưa, thời huy hoàng xưa
    • old man of the sea
      • người bám như đỉa
    • any old thing
      • (từ lóng) bất cứ cái gì
    • to have a good (fine, high) old time
      • (từ lóng) nghỉ rất thoải mái
    • my old bones
      • (xem) bone
    • the old man
      • cái thân này, cái thân già này
  • danh từ
    • of old xưa, ngày xưa
      • the men of old: người xưa
      • I have heard it of old: tôi nghe thấy vấn đề đó từ lâu rồi

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

Từ điển Collocation

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


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

    adj.

  • (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

    an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old

    a ripe old age

    how old are you?

  • of long duration; not new

    old tradition

    old house

    old wine

    old country

    old friendships

    old money

  • (used for emphasis) very familiar; old(a)

    good old boy

    same old story

  • just preceding something else in time or order; previous(a)

    the previous owner

    my old house was larger

  • of a very early stage in development; Old

    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

  • old in experience; older

    an old offender

    the older soldiers

  • belonging to some prior time; erstwhile(a), former(a), onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)

    erstwhile friend

    our former glory

    the once capital of the state

    her quondam lover

  • (used informally especially for emphasis); honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)

    a real honest-to-god live cowboy

    had us a high old time

    went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel


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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

older|elder|oldest|eldest|olds
syn.: abandoned aged ancient antique elderly former mature obsolete outworn stale

ant.: new young