elder
elder 英 [ˈeldə(r)] 美 [ˈɛldɚ]
n. 老人；长辈；年长者 adj. 年长的；资格老的
名词复数:elders
- An elder is any person who is older than you, which you may know from your sister who is only two years older than you saying, "Listen to your elders!" A church elder is someone who helps run the church, not necessarily its eldest member.
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- n. 老人；长辈；年长者
- adj. 年长的；资格老的
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1. my elder brother
我的哥哥
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2. his elder sister
他的姐姐
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3. the elder of their two sons
他们的两个儿子中年纪较大的那个
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4. the elder Pitt
老皮特
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5. Children have no respect for their elders nowadays.
现今的孩子对长辈一点儿也不尊敬。
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6. He is her elder by several years.
他比她年长几岁。
- elder (adj.) "more old," Old English (Mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro (plural).
- elder (n.1) "elderly person, senior citizen," c. 1200, from Old English eldra "older person, parent; ancestor; chief, prince" (used in biblical translation for Greek presbyter); see elder (adj.). Compare German Eltern, Danish forældre, Swedish föräldrar "parents." The Old English for "grandfather" was ealdfæder.
- elder (n.2) type of berry tree, c. 1400, from earlier ellen, from Old English ellæn, ellærn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the source of the unetymological -d-. Common Germanic, cognates: Old Saxon elora, Middle Low German elre, Old High German elira, German Eller, Erle. Related: Elderberry.
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