The iron age
鐵器時代
?? 牛津釋義
the Iron Age
the prehistoric period following the Bronze Age, when iron began to be used for making tools and weapons 鐵器時代.
?? 詞語組成解析
the
[e?]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指說話人與聽者已知的人（物）;用于獨一無二的事物前;與形容詞最高級和序數詞連用;
iron
['ai?n]
n. 鐵器，鐵制品;熨斗，烙鐵;堅強;腳鐐;
adj. 鐵制的，含鐵的;堅強的，頑強的;殘酷的;堅忍不拔的;
vt. 熨燙;給…上腳鐐手銬;給…裝鐵具;用鐵鑄成;
vi. 熨衣;（衣服等）被燙平;
age
[ed?]
n. 年齡;時代;老年;年齡段;
vt.& vi. （使）長大;使顯老;使變老;使蒼老;
vi. [化學]老化;陳化，熟化;（吸毒者隨年齡增長而主動）戒毒，戒除毒品;
vt. [化學]使老化;使陳化;使熟化;估計，推測（馬的年齡）;
??? 情景例句
Pete wrote us and told us.
Pete寫信告訴我們的。
It'll take a few more weeks for the bone to mend.
還需要花兩三周骨頭才能復原。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
瀝青坑里積存了水，大象那樣的大動物冒險到似乎堅固的水面上去飲水，立即掉進了瀝青坑。