英语词汇“older”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

older

释义

Adjective: older ówldu(r)

Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
- aged, elderly, senior
Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- elder, sr.
Skilled through long experience
"the older soldiers"
- old

Adjective: old (older,oldest) ówld

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
"his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
Of long duration; not new
"old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
(used for emphasis) very familiar
"good old boy"; "same old story"
Belonging to some prior time
- erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
(used informally especially for emphasis)
"had us a high old time"
- honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough
Just preceding something else in time or order
"my old house was larger"
- previous

Adjective: Old (Older,Oldest)

Of a very early stage in development
"Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

See also: age, aged, ageing, age-old, aging, ancient, anile, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, centenarian, darkened, doddering, doddery, early, echt, emeritus, experienced, experient, familiar, gaga, genuine, gray [US], gray-haired [US], gray-headed [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], grizzly, hand-down, hand-me-down, hoar, hoary, immemorial, long-ago, longtime, mature, middle-aged, nonagenarian, noncurrent, nonmodern, octogenarian, of age, oldish, oldness, overage, overaged, over-the-hill, past, patched, preceding, rusty, secondhand, senescent, senile, senior, sexagenarian, stale, sunset, superannuated, used, venerable, white-haired, worn, yellow, yellowed

Antonym: new, young

Encyclopedia: Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue Old, Hungary Old Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue Old, declining or expired Australian vocabulary Old, Northamptonshire Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

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