| 单词 | senile |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['si:nail] |
| 解释 | adj. 年老的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 年老的 (of old age) 【记】 sen(老)+ile→老的 【例】 a senile condition(衰老状态) |
| 字源 | senile (adj.) 1660s, "suited to old age," from French sénile (16c.), from Latin senilis "of old age," from senex (genitive senis) "old, old man," from PIE root *sen- "old" (cognates: Sanskrit sanah "old;" Avestan hana- "old;" Old Persian hanata- "old age, lapse of time;" Armenian hin "old;" Greek enos "old, of last year;" Lithuanian senas "old," senis "an old man;" Gothic sineigs "old" (used only of persons), sinistra "elder, senior;" Old Norse sina "dry standing grass from the previous year;" Old Irish sen, Old Welsh hen "old"). Meaning "weak or infirm from age" is first attested 1848. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 年老的 【记】se色, ni你, le乐: 露出色眯眯的笑容的你, 一般来说是老家伙. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】senior 年老的 + ill 有病，年老有病的 |
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