Eldest
['eldɪst] or ['ɛldɪst]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Oldest; longest in duration.
(a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.
校對:佩里
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Oldest.
安布尔手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Of the two sons, the eldest, Arthur, inherited the title and estates. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Her eldest was a boy of ten years old, a fine spirited fellow, who longed to be out in the world; but what could she do? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Fred, as the eldest twin, will have the estate, I suppose, and such a splendid one it is! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She had felt an early presentiment that she _should_ like the eldest best. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Mrs. Welland came first, on the arm of her eldest son. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Ever since my eldest brother left our cottage to enlist into the army. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I worship the eldest Miss Larkins. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The eldest of these men had a stern, savage, and wild aspect. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- My eldest brother had but one child, which was married to one Mr. Fisher, at Wallingborough, in Northamptonshire. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- My eldest daughter and my son, Mr Clennam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Was not she like a daughter, his eldest daughter? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- If that dark-visaged eldest boy could look more malicious than he had already looked, this was the time when he did it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There was great trouble before it could be made known to Mrs. Gradgrind that her eldest child was there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Between the two eldest and herself especially, there subsisted a particular regard. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- These are done by my eldest sister, said he; and you, as a man of taste, will, I dare say, be pleased with them. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
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