Aged

(noun.) people who are old collectively; 'special arrangements were available for the aged'.

(adj.) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) .

(adj.) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); 'mature well-aged cheeses' .

(adj.) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); 'aged members of the society'; 'elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper'; 'senior citizen' .

(adj.) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); 'aged rocks' .

(adj.) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); 'aged ten'; 'ten years of age' .

整理:劳拉

• The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But with my three daughters, Emma, Jane, and Caroline--and my aged father--I cannot afford to be selfish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If I didn't support a aged pairint, and a lovely sister,'--here the waiter was greatly agitated--'I wouldn't take a farthing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• To avoid being too abrupt, I then spoke of the Aged and of Miss Skiffins. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Bell, aged twenty-eight, explained his new idea to Henry, then aged seventy-eight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their 'back-hair. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Never seen the Aged. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He is,' said the middle-aged lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Trees gigantic and aged grew near; before the gate I discerned a crowd of moving human figures--with intense curiosity I lifted my glass to my eye. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• My information is, unfortunately, but too correct,' said the middle- aged lady; 'I was present at the quarrel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She made it her task to attend the sick, comfort the sorrowing, assist the aged, and partake the sports and awaken the gaiety of the young. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• All the middle-aged clerks think their families too large. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Only a few middle-aged and ageing people in France had had any practical experience of warfare. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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