octogenarian
英 [,?kt?(?)d??'ne?r??n]
美['ɑkt?d??'n?r??n]
- n. 八十歲到八十九歲的人
- adj. 八十歲到八十九歲的
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?octogenarians;
中文詞源
octogenarian 八旬老人
octa-,八，-gen,十，詞源同ten,dean,nonagenarian.即八十多歲的人，八旬老人。
英文詞源
- octogenarian (n.)
- 1789, with -an + French octogénaire "aged 80," from Latin octogenarius "containing eighty," from octogeni "eighty each," related to octoginta "eighty," from octo "eight" (see eight) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1784.
雙語例句
- 1. She is very active for an octogenarian.
- 她已經(jīng)是八旬老人了,還很精神.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. She is a very active octogenarian.
- 她已經(jīng)是八旬老人了，還很精神。
來自辭典例句
- 3. I saw a very beautiful old lady, octogenarian person, very unruffled very gentle appearance.
- 我看見了一個很美的老太太, 八十多歲的人了, 很安詳很慈眉善目的樣子.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)