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• n. 老人；长辈；年长者；父辈
• adj. 年长的；年龄较大的；资格老的
• n. (elder)人名；(英、德、法、土、葡)埃尔德

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elder

elder: elder ‘older’ [oe] is not, of course, the same word as elder the tree-name [oe]. the former began life in prehistoric germanic as *althizon, the comparative form of *althaz ‘old’. gradually, the vowel i had an effect on the preceding vowel a, and by old english times the word had become eldra – hence modern english elder. the regularized form older appeared in the 16th century. the derivative elderly dates from the 17th century. the tree-name comes from old english ellærn, a word whose origin is not known for certain (although it may perhaps be related to english alder). the intrusive d began to appear in the 14th century.
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elder (adj.)

"more old," old english (mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only english survival of umlaut in comparison. superseded by older since 16c. elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of japanese genro (plural).

elder (n.2)

type of berry tree, c. 1400, with excrescent -d- from earlier ellen, from old english ellæn, ellærn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the source of the -d-. common germanic, cognates: old saxon elora, middle low german elre, old high german elira, german eller, erle. related: elderberry.

elder (n.1)

"elderly person, senior citizen," c. 1200, from old english eldra "older person, parent; ancestor; chief, prince" (used in biblical translation for greek presbyter); see elder (adj.). compare german eltern, danish forældre, swedish föräldrar "parents." the old english for "grandfather" was ealdfæder.

1. she made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.

她随便把姐姐的化妆品和衣服拿来用。

来自柯林斯例句

2. he is now an elder of the village church.

他现在是乡村教会的长老。

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3. she used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.

她过去常跟姐姐玩扮家家的游戏。

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4. the elder of their two sons

他们的两个儿子中年纪大的那个

来自《权威词典》

5. an elder statesman of golf

高尔夫球的元老

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