elder

        英 ['eld?] 美['?ld?]
        • n. 老人;長輩;年長者;父輩
        • adj. 年長的;年齡較大的;資格老的
        • n. (Elder)人名;(英、德、法、土、葡)埃爾德

        CET4TEM4考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

        詞態變化


        復數:?elders;

        中文詞源


        elder 年長的

        來自old的比照級。

        英文詞源


        elder
        elder: Elder ‘older’ [OE] is not, of course, the same word as elder the tree-name [OE]. The former began life in prehistoric Germanic as *althizon, the comparative form of *althaz ‘old’. Gradually, the vowel i had an effect on the preceding vowel a, and by Old English times the word had become eldra – hence modern English elder. The regularized form older appeared in the 16th century. The derivative elderly dates from the 17th century. The tree-name comes from Old English ell?rn, a word whose origin is not known for certain (although it may perhaps be related to English alder). The intrusive d began to appear in the 14th century.
        => old
        elder (adj.)
        "more old," Old English (Mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro (plural).
        elder (n.2)
        type of berry tree, c. 1400, with excrescent -d- from earlier ellen, from Old English ell?n, ell?rn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the source of the -d-. Common Germanic, cognates: Old Saxon elora, Middle Low German elre, Old High German elira, German Eller, Erle. Related: Elderberry.
        elder (n.1)
        "elderly person, senior citizen," c. 1200, from Old English eldra "older person, parent; ancestor; chief, prince" (used in biblical translation for Greek presbyter); see elder (adj.). Compare German Eltern, Danish for?ldre, Swedish f?r?ldrar "parents." The Old English for "grandfather" was ealdf?der.

        雙語例句


        1. She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.
        她隨便把姐姐的化妝品和衣服拿來用。

        來自柯林斯例句

        2. He is now an elder of the village church.
        他現在是鄉村教會的長老。

        來自柯林斯例句

        3. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
        她過去常跟姐姐玩扮家家的游戲。

        來自柯林斯例句

        4. the elder of their two sons
        他們的兩個兒子中年紀大的那個

        來自《權威詞典》

        5. an elder statesman of golf
        高爾夫球的元老

        來自《權威詞典》

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