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

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?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 Superseded by older since 16c.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(xiàn)在是鄉(xiāng)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(jì)大的那個

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. an elder statesman of golf
高爾夫球的元老

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

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