How do you say the old man in English?

Its British pronunciation is [? LD]； The American pronunciation is [o? Ld]. As an adjective means ancient; Past; Old and shabby; ... years old. As a noun, it means old times.

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Used as an adjective

The old lady stroked the cat sitting next to her.

The old woman stroked the kitten squatting beside her.

He invited me to his house to catch up.

He invited me to his house to talk about the past.

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Word parsing:

1, usage:

(adjective)

1) the basic meaning of old is "old, old", which means that human or animal life is coming to an end; It can also mean that something has existed or been used for a long time, that is, "ancient, ancient and obsolete".

Old can also mean that someone or something is at the age of …. Extension can refer to "already known and familiar", "before, before", "experienced and sophisticated" and so on. Old can sometimes be used to express intimate relationships.

2) ... how many years? When interpreted as "… years Old", old must be placed after years. It can be used not only for people, but also for things.

3)? Old can generally refer to "the elderly", when the predicate verb should be in the plural form, but it can also refer to someone in a certain context, when the predicate verb must be in the singular form.

2. Discrimination of word meaning:

Old, old, old.

All three words can mean "old, old". The difference is:

1) Being old means being old and approaching the end of life; Being old means being past middle age, which means "getting old and approaching old age", which often means respect and majesty. For example:

She is an older woman, about six years old. She is an elderly woman, maybe 60 years old.

2)aged means "old", which means frail and senile. For example:

An old woman sat by the fire and muttered something to herself. An old woman was sitting by the fire, muttering to herself.

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