elder
- IPA[ˈeldər]
美式
- (of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age；used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name
- a person of greater age than someone specified；a person of advanced age.
noun: elder, plural noun: elders
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age my elder daughter the elder of the two sons
- ▪ used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name Pliny the Elder
名詞
- 1. a person of greater age than someone specified schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders take a bit of advice from your elders and betters
- ▪ a person of advanced age. 同義詞
- ▪ a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group a council of village elders 同義詞
- ▪ an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant and Presbyterian Churches.
