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Latin Superannuated Medieval Annual Sju:Pə'Rænjueitid Adj 老迈的 英

单词 superannuated
音标 [sju:pə'rænjueitid]
解释 adj. 老迈的
红宝书 【英】 adj.老迈的(incapabi lity or disqualified for active duty by advanced age)
【记】 super(超过)+annu( 年)+ated
字源 superannuated (adj.)
1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which meant "more than a year old" and was used of cattle), from Latin super "beyond, over" (see super-) + annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). Earlier in same sense was superannate (c.1600), from Medieval Latin superannatus. Compare French suranner.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】super + annual 年,许多年了

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