| 单词 | octogenarian |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`ɔktəudʒi'nɛəriən] |
| 解释 | n.80～89岁的老人 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 80～89岁的人(a person of or in his or her eighties) 【记】 octo(八)+gen(产生， 活)+arian→80～89岁 的人 【同】 同根词：octopus(章 鱼)；octennial(八年 的) |
| 字源 | octogenarian (n.) 1789, with -an + French octogénaire "aged 80," from Latin octogenarius "containing eighty," from octogeni "eighty each," related to octoginta "eighty," from octo "eight" (see eight) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1784. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 80多岁的老人 【记】octo = 8, gen = ten, arian－80多岁的人 【参】octopus(n 八爪鱼; 章鱼) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】oct- 八 + gene 产生，generation 八十岁的那一代；October 十月，古罗马历法的八月 【相关】octonary 八进制；类似的还有sept- 七，September 九月在拉丁语中为七月 |
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