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age

/eɪdʒ/

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variant 1: ages
variant 2: aging
cet variant 3: ageing

1 · noun

a prolonged period of time

长时间

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I searched for ages before realizing that the keys had been in my pocket all along.

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我找了半天，才发现钥匙一直在口袋里。

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