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单词 elderly
释义 el·der·ly
I. \-lē, -li\ adjective
Etymology: elder (II) + -ly
1. : somewhat old:
 a. : rather advanced in years : past middle age
  < we must face the problems of an aging population, i.e., where a much larger proportion of the citizens is elderly — Alan Gregg >
 b. : old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded
  < an elderly office building on lower Fifth Avenue — Dwight Macdonald >
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of one past the prime of life
 < the Frate carried his doctrine rather too far for elderly ears — George Eliot >
II. \ˈeldə(r)lē\ noun
(plural elderly or elderlies)
: an elderly person
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