| 单词 | elder |
| 释义 | elder (once / 155 pages) 1nadj 2n 3n 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. Elder can be used as an adjective: Abel was the elder brother of Cain. Elder can also be a noun: showing respect for one’s elders is a value instilled from a young age by our parents. Elder is also a kind of tree. In Act Five of “Love’s Labour Lost” Shakespeare plays with the meanings of elder: Holofernes says that Berowne should speak first because he is the elder (older), which inspires Berowne to mention the folklore that Judas was hanged on an elder tree. WORD FAMILYelder: elders, eldership+/eldership: elderships USAGE EXAMPLESThe elder Word predicts the transition will be smooth. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Soon afterward, father and son were separated once more, when the elder Wong moved to Los Angeles to seek work. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Crow even met with Amish elders to weigh the effect of John’s decision when he faced his community. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a person who is older than you are Syn|Hypo|Hyper senior dean, doyen a man who is the senior member of a group doyennea woman who is the senior member of a group adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward 2adj used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son 2Syn older, sr. senior older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service n any of various church officers 3Hypo|Hyper presbyter an elder in the Presbyterian Church church officer a church official n any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit Syn|Hypo|Hyper elderberry bush American elder, Sambucus canadensis, black elderberry, sweet elder common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies Sambucus caerulea, blue elder, blue elderberryshrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies Sambucus ebulus, danewort, dwarf elderdwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor European elder, Sambucus nigra, black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberrya common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies American red elder, Sambucus pubens, red-berried elder, stinking eldercommon North American shrub or small tree European red elder, Sambucus racemosa, red-berried elderEurasian shrub bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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