英汉词典

elder 基本解释

• 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

elder 词态变化

elder 中文词源

来自old的比照级。

elder 英文词源

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 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.
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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 Superseded by older since 16c.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.

elder 英文释义

1. a person who is older than you are

2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

3. any of various church officers

elder 同义词解析

elder, older

这两个形容词都表示"年长的，年龄较大的"之意。

elder是old的比较级。指家庭成员中年龄较长的，或指两人中年龄较长的。

older也是old的比较级，指年龄较大、较老，指物时作"较旧的"解。

elder 双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He is now an elder of the village church.

他现在是乡村教会的长老。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. the elder of their two sons

他们的两个儿子中年纪大的那个

来自《权威词典》

5. an elder statesman of golf

高尔夫球的元老

来自《权威词典》

elder 实用场景例句

the elder of their two sons

他们的两个儿子中年纪大的那个

牛津词典

the elder Pitt

老皮特

牛津词典

Pitt the elder

老皮特

牛津词典

Children have no respect for their elders nowadays.

现在的孩子对长辈一点儿也不尊敬。

牛津词典

the village elders (= the old and respected people of the village)

村里德高望重的长辈

牛津词典

He is her elder by several years.

他比她年长几岁。

牛津词典

my elder brother

我的哥哥

牛津词典

his elder sister

他的姐姐

牛津词典

...his elder brother.

他哥哥

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the elder of her two daughters.

她两个女儿中年长的那个

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The young have no respect for their elders.

年轻人不尊重他们的长辈。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...tribal elders.

部落长老

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He is now an elder of the village church.

他现在是乡村教会的长老。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Clare: My elder sister is always in demand at family parties.

克蕾: 亲友开家庭派对,都会找我姐姐.

期刊摘选

Derek Fisher is the elder statesman of the team, drafted in 1996 by the Lakers.

德里克·费舍尔是球队里的老队员了, 1996选秀进入湖人.

期刊摘选

Assemble 50 Elder Druids, 30 Silver Unicorns and 10 Green Dragons do defend it.

募集50个德鲁伊长老, 30只银色独角兽和10条绿龙用于防御.

期刊摘选

His elder sister had been his guide, counsellor and friend.

他姐姐过去一直指导他, 给他出主意,是他的朋友.

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She shouldn't entreat her elder like that.

她不应那样对待长辈.

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The old man is a grumpy elder.

这老人是个脾气坏的长者.

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He exhorted his elder.

他规劝长辈.

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James has outgrown his elder brother.

詹姆士长得比他哥哥高.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He is my elder by five years.

他比我大五岁.

《简明英汉词典》

With mother earning and his elder children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century.

由于母亲挣钱和大孩子也拿相当的工资,父亲很少再象本世纪初那样是一家之主了.

《用法词典》

So it was Xiao Wang's elder sister who called just now.

刚才打电话的敢情是小王的姐姐呀!

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She has an elder brother.

她有一个哥哥.

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He shouldn't burlesque the elder.

他不应模仿那长者.

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Don't be an unsuspecting elder.

不要做一个轻信的年长者.

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The person you saw yesterday was not her, but her elder sister.

昨天你看见的不是她, (而)是她姐姐.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Bush the elder was an American President, and so was his son, Bush the younger.

老布什是美国总统, 他的儿子小布什也是美国总统.

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