old

Collocations

in days of old

古时候；很久以前

In days of old, people wrote letters by hand.古时候，人们用手写信。

know someone of old

早就认识某人；与某人相识已久

I know her of old; we went to the same school.我早就认识她，我们上过同一所学校。

men of old

古人；前辈

Men of old believed that the earth was the center of the universe.古人曾相信地球是宇宙的中心。

friends of old

老友；故交

They are friends of old, having met in childhood.他们是老朋友，从小就认识。

Idioms & figurative uses

in days of old

古时候In days of old, people traveled by horse and carriage.古时候，人们骑马或乘马车出行。

Memory Tip

把old想成一本泛黄的老相册，in days of old就是翻看往昔的日子。

Context & Register

语域：formal 常见场景：文学/诗歌、历史叙述、固定短语 in days of old old 作名词表示“古时、往昔”时，通常只出现在固定短语 in days of old 中，多用于文学作品或正式的历史叙述，口语中很少单独使用。

Grammar Note

作名词时通常用于固定短语'in days of old'，指过去。可数复数。

Pronunciation & Spelling

All six words rhyme with old: the -old spelling sounds /oʊld/. Beware that 'could', 'should', and 'would' end in -ould and sound with /ʊd/, despite looking close to 'old'.

High-value vocabulary

该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。

Usage priority

Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

Learn the forms together

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。