older

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: aged, elderly, senior, elder, sr., old, 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)



older

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); aged, elderly, senior

    aged members of the society

    elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper

    senior citizen

  • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; elder, sr.

    Bill Adams, Sr.

  • old in experience; old

    an old offender

    the older soldiers

    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

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

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