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Aged: having existed long; very old; usually suggests infirmity 强调老龄，通常意味着体弱 elderly old venerable super-annuated: These adjectives are compared as they mean far along in years or life elderly is between middle age and old age 接近老年的，年岁大的;venerable commands respect by virtue of dignity and age形容因高龄和德行而让人敬仰的人 super-annuated指到了退休年龄并领取养老金的人（ 退休的公务员）；这个词也用于指太老了而不能用、不能工作或服务;3.?you pass form the heat and glare of a big open square into a cool, dark cavern …: 1)????Here “the heat “ is contrasted with “cool”, “glare” with “dark”, and “open square” with “cavern”. 2)???Glare: strong, fierce, unpleasant light, not so agreeable and welcome as “bright sunlight” 强烈的，刺眼的光 blaze flame flare flash incandescence glow: These denote bright light, esp. when it is a visible sign of combustion.;3)?“ Cavern” here does not really mean a cave or an underground chamber . From the text we can see it is a long, narrow, dark street of workshops and shops with some sort of a roof over them . The rock was caverned out to make a tunnel.;4)?In front of the gateway there is a big, open square . It is hot there and the brightness of the sunlight is most disagreeable. But when you enter the gateway, you come to a long, narrow, dark street with some sort of roof over it and it is cool inside.;4.??which extends as far as the eye can see: The words eye and ear are used in the singular not to mean the concrete organ of sight or hearing but something abstract; they are often used figuratively. Here the eye means man’s power of seeing or eyesight. e. g. 1)??She has an eye for beauty. (She is capable of recognizing and appreciating beautiful things.) 2)??She has an ear for music. ( She is sensitive to music. ) ; 3)?The boy has a sharp eye. ( He overlooks nothing.) 4)??The big poster caught my eye. ( my attention) 5)???Keep an eye on that mischievous boy. ( keep a watch on him.) 6)????? To turn a blind eye to sth or sb 7)????? To turn a deaf ear to sth or sb 8)????? His words are unpleasant t