eldest
美音:[´eldəst
]
英音:[´eldəst
]
adj.最年长的,年事最高的
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eldest为六级词汇
近义词, 同义词
old ancient antique of long standing time-honored venerable elder eldest historic primordial aboriginal antediluvian prehistoric fossilized traditional customary inveterate antiquated obsolete out of date out of fashion stale old-fashioned passé deteriorated old as the hills old as Methuselahaged old elderly geriatric senile matronly run to seed declining waning past one's prime gray-haired venerable time-worn antiquated passé decrepit superannuated wrinkled having one foot in the grave doting elder eldest senior ancient gerontic
eldest
/'eldɪst; `ɛldɪst/
adj [attrib 作定语], n (of people,esp of three or more closely related members of a family) first-born; oldest （指人, 尤指家中同辈的至少三个成员中的）第一个出生的, 年长的
*Jill is my eldest daughter. 吉尔是我的长女.
* Jill is the eldest of my three children. 吉尔是我三个孩子中年龄最大的.
* Jill is the eldest of three, ie the oldest child in a family with three children. 吉尔是一家三个孩子中最大的.
* Jill is my eldest. 吉尔是我的大孩子. =>Usage at elder1 用法见elder1.
adj [attrib 作定语], n (of people,esp of three or more closely related members of a family) first-born; oldest （指人, 尤指家中同辈的至少三个成员中的）第一个出生的, 年长的
*Jill is my eldest daughter. 吉尔是我的长女.
* Jill is the eldest of my three children. 吉尔是我三个孩子中年龄最大的.
* Jill is the eldest of three, ie the oldest child in a family with three children. 吉尔是一家三个孩子中最大的.
* Jill is my eldest. 吉尔是我的大孩子. =>Usage at elder1 用法见elder1.
eldest
adj especially BrE
the eldest of a group of people, especially brothers and sisters, is the one who was born first
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eldest son/daughter/brother/child etc
My eldest daughter is 17.
He was the eldest of six children.
the eldest of a group of people, especially brothers and sisters, is the one who was born first
→old
eldest son/daughter/brother/child etc
My eldest daughter is 17.
He was the eldest of six children.
1. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
2. His eldest brother died after the venomous bite from the rattlesnake.
他的大哥被响尾蛇咬了一口中毒后就死了。
3. At this point Kebba Kanga Fofana said: "About the time the King´s soldiers came, the eldest of these sons, Kunta-Kinte, went from his village to chop wood, and he was never seen again."
这时，凯巴·坎吉·福法纳说：“大约在国王的士兵来到的时候，最大的儿子孔塔-肯泰从他的村庄出去砍柴，从此人们再也没有见到过他。”
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埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
2. His eldest brother died after the venomous bite from the rattlesnake.
他的大哥被响尾蛇咬了一口中毒后就死了。
3. At this point Kebba Kanga Fofana said: "About the time the King´s soldiers came, the eldest of these sons, Kunta-Kinte, went from his village to chop wood, and he was never seen again."
这时，凯巴·坎吉·福法纳说：“大约在国王的士兵来到的时候，最大的儿子孔塔-肯泰从他的村庄出去砍柴，从此人们再也没有见到过他。”
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