older

英 ['əʊldər] 美 ['əʊldər]

• adj. 年长的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

   "aged members of the society"
   "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"
   "senior citizen"
   

2. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son;

   "Bill Adams, Sr."
   

3. skilled through long experience;

   "an old offender"
   "the older soldiers"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He has a fixation on older women.
   他对于年长的女人有病态的依恋。
2. You should get up when an older person comes in.
   年长的人进来时，你应该站起来。

近反义词

【近义词】

• elderly 年老的
• elder 年龄较大的
• senior 地位较高的
• aged 年老的
• old 老的