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单词 eldest
释义 el·dest
\ˈeldə̇st\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English yldest, ieldest, eldest, superl. of eald, ald old — more at old
: of the greatest age or seniority:
 a. archaic : most ancient : earliest
  < let us pay heed to our eldest scientific brothers and shrewdest symbolists, the mathematicians — Weston La Barre >
 b. : firstborn, oldest
  < when their eldest child was arriving at school age — F.L.Allen >
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