ageing

名词 ageing:

1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
   同义词：ripening, aging
2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
   同义词：aging, senescence

动词 age:

1. begin to seem older; get older
   同义词：age
2. grow old or older
   同义词：senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
3. make older
   同义词：age

形容词 ageing:

1. growing old
   同义词：aging, senescent

1. I have a distinct sense of the passing of time, and I do want to grow old gracefully. I don't want to be some kind of ageing pop singer.
   我明显地感到时光的流逝。岁月不饶人，我不想成为某种上了年纪的流行歌手。
2. I asked Tony why he was late to work and he told me some hard-luck story about having to take his mother's ageing pet poodle to the vet because it had swallowed a chicken bone.
   我问托尼为什么上班迟到。他告诉我他碰到了倒霉事，他母亲那条宝贝的长卷毛狗因为咽下了一根鸡骨头，他只得送它去看兽医。
3. Ageing is accompanied by a slow degeneration of his mental faculties.
   他随著年纪增长，智力逐渐衰退。