Elderly
['eldəlɪ] or ['ɛldɚli]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
整理:塔尼娅
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Somewhat old.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I was greatly surprised to see so many elderly people--I might almost say, so many venerable people. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- An elderly man, I presume? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- BOUNDERBY being a bachelor, an elderly lady presided over his establishment, in consideration of a certain annual stipend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large, coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- There was a chair just under the lamp, and the elderly man motioned that I should sit in it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- My familiarity with Marian's journal sufficiently assured me that the elderly lady was Madame Fosco. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He was a respectable, elderly gentleman. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As he passed behind the counter, he took notice that the elderly gentleman said in a look to the young lady, This is our man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The elderly manservant, Crowther, appeared in the doorway exasperatedly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He was a big, fat, odd sort of elderly man, who kept birds and white mice, and spoke to them as if they were so many Christian children. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was the face of an elderly woman, brown, rugged, and healthy, with nothing dishonest or suspicious in the look of it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Did an elderly gentleman essay to stop the progress of the ball, it rolled between his legs or slipped between his fingers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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