单词	senescence
释义	senescentse‧nes‧cent /səˈnesənt/ adjective technical Word Origin WORD ORIGINsenescent Origin: 1600-1700 Latin present participle of senescere ‘to grow old’, from senex; ➔ SENIOR1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His brief was to convey coal as a developing rather than a senescent industry. I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension. Mr Lee seemed a gentleman, but senescent, and a gentleman from quite another, distant age. Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2. becoming old and showing the effects of getting older SYN  ageing:  a senescent industry—senescence noun [uncountable]
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