old (A1)

カタカナ: オールド

IPA: /oʊld/

Definition

Having lived or existed for a long time. The opposite of 'new' or 'young'. Can describe people, animals, objects, buildings, ideas, or relationships. Also used simply to state someone's age: 'She is 30 years old.'

意味: 長い時間をかけて存在してきたこと。'new'（新しい）や 'young'（若い）の反対語です。人・動物・物・建物・考え・人間関係など幅広く使えます。また「彼女は30歳です（She is 30 years old）」のように年齢を述べる時にも使います。

Examples / 例文

• 何年もぶりに旧友に会えてとてもよかった。 — It was wonderful to see my old friend after so many years.

• 彼らはカントリーサイドに古い家を買ってリノベーションしています。 — They bought an old house in the countryside and are renovating it.

• 多くの人が高齢になると健康を心配します。 — Many people worry about their health in old age.

Old の日本語訳

Japanese translations of Old:

• 古い
• 年老いた
• 昔からの

How to Use Old

old enough to (collocation)

Sufficiently aged or developed to do something. — "He is old enough to drive now."

old-fashioned (collocation)

Not modern; belonging to or characteristic of an earlier period. — "Her grandmother still uses an old-fashioned rotary phone."

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