解释
- adj. 高龄的；老衰的；高龄所致的
※ 提供单词"senile"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
senile 衰老的
sen-,年老，-ile,形容词后缀。
英文词源
- senile (adj.)
- 1660s, "suited to old age," from French sénile (16c.), from Latin senilis "of old age," from senex (genitive senis) "old, old man," from PIE root *sen- "old" (cognates: Sanskrit sanah "old;" Avestan hana- "old;" Old Persian hanata- "old age, lapse of time;" Armenian hin "old;" Greek enos "old, of last year;" Lithuanian senas "old," senis "an old man;" Gothic sineigs "old" (used only of persons), sinistra "elder, senior;" Old Norse sina "dry standing grass from the previous year;" Old Irish sen, Old Welsh hen "old"). Meaning "weak or infirm from age" is first attested 1848.
例句和用法
- 1. What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
- 那些患老年痴呆症的人到底出了什么问题？
- 2. She is suffering from senile dementia.
- 她患有老年痴呆症。
- 3. Don't mind the old lady. She's getting senile.
- 不要在意这个老太太，她有点儿老糊涂了。
- 4. I think she's going senile .
- 我想她是衰老了。
- 5. I may be senescent, but I'm not yet senile.
- 我有点显老了, 但还没有老得不中用.
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