ag-esとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

ages

1. plural of age
2. (hyperbolic) A long time.

   It'll be ages until/before we meet again.

   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 86:

     Does the Station go on still? That was ages and ages ago. It must be crumbling to pieces. All except the Amirtollah kutcha road. I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.

   • 1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 108:

     “He's been gone ages,” she said, and she went with little light steps to the door, opened it, and crossed the passage into his room.

   • 2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, UK: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 250:

     Judith, aged 58, described her experience of seeking help for persistent back pain: "You don't actually see the consultant. You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."

動詞

ages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of age

アナグラム

• SEGA, sega, geas, sage, Sega, Sage