解释
- n. 八十岁到八十九岁的人
- adj. 八十岁到八十九岁的
※ 提供单词"octogenarian"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
octogenarian 八旬老人
octa-,八，-gen,十，词源同ten,dean,nonagenarian.即八十多岁的人，八旬老人。
英文词源
- 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.
例句和用法
- 1. She is very active for an octogenarian.
- 她已经是八旬老人了,还很精神.
- 2. She is a very active octogenarian.
- 她已经是八旬老人了，还很精神。
- 3. I saw a very beautiful old lady, octogenarian person, very unruffled very gentle appearance.
- 我看见了一个很美的老太太, 八十多岁的人了, 很安详很慈眉善目的样子.
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