English Dictionary

old

/ˈəʊld/

adj

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. / Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life. / Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

The old man sat on the park bench, feeding the pigeons.

意味（1）

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

a wrinkled old man

意味（2）

Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.

an old loaf of bread

意味（3）

Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

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

意味（4）

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.

意味（5）

Former, previous.

My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians

意味（6）

That is no longer in existence.

The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

意味（7）

Obsolete; out-of-date.

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

意味（8）

Familiar.

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.’

意味（9）

(UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.

意味（10）

Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

Rik: But even great shtick can get old real fast: the dreaded Saturday Night Live syndrome.

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.

意味（11）

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

意味（12）

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

We're having a good old time.

意味（13）

(informal, of a person) Indicating affection.

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

意味（14）

(obsolete) Excessive, 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;