elder
英 [ˈel.dər]
美 [ˈel.dɚ]
- n. 老人；长辈；年长者；父辈
- adj. 年长的；年龄较大的；资格老的
- n. (Elder)人名；(英、德、法、土、葡)埃尔德
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中文词源
elder 年长的
来自old的比照级。
英语词源
- elder
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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 ellærn, 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 Superseded by older since 16c.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 ellæn, ellærn "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 forældre, Swedish föräldrar "parents." The Old English for "grandfather" was ealdfæder.
权威例句
- 1. She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.
- 她随便把姐姐的化妆品和衣服拿来用。
- 2. He is now an elder of the village church.
- 他现在是乡村教会的长老。
- 3. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
- 她过去常跟姐姐玩扮家家的游戏。
- 4. the elder of their two sons
- 他们的两个儿子中年纪大的那个
- 5. an elder statesman of golf
- 高尔夫球的元老
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