elder
elder1
adjective
eldership
noun
语源
elder2
noun
adjective
- (of one or more out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of a greater age
年龄较大的
my elder daughter.
我的大女儿。
the elder of the two sons.
两个儿子中的老大。
■(the Elder)used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name
老，大（用来区别两个同名的名人）
Pitt the Elder.
老皮特。
the Elder Pliny.
老普林尼。
- (一般作 elders)a person of greater age than someone specified
年龄较大的人
schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders.
学校的孩子们和那些比他们年长的人一样着迷。
take a bit of advice from your elders and betters.
向长者征求一下意见。
■a person of advanced age
老年人，长者
■(one's elder)a person who is older than one by a specified length of time
比某人大…岁的人
she was two years his elder.
她比他大两岁。
■(常作 elders)a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group
（部落等群体中的）头人，族长，村长
a council of village elders.
村中族长的议事会。
■an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects
（早期基督教教会或各种新教教会的）长老
eldership
noun
语源
- Old English ieldra, eldra, of Germanic origin; related to German älter, also to eld and old
elder2
noun
- a small tree or shrub with pithy stems, typically having white flowers and bluish-black or red berries
接骨木；接骨木属植物 - Genus Sambucus, family Caprifoliaceae: numerous species, in particular the common Eurasian S. nigra
接骨木属，忍冬科： 众多种，尤指亚欧的西洋接骨木（拉丁名S. nigra）
■used in names of otherplants that resemble the elder in leaf or flower, e. g. ground elder
[用于叶或花与接骨木相似的植物名中，如ground elder]
- Old English ellærn; related to Middle Low German ellern, elderne
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