英['eldəli]美['eldərli]
记忆方法
词根词缀法
词根：elder
adj.
elder年长的；年龄较大的；资格老的
n.
elder老人；长辈；年长者；父辈
adj.
elder年长的；年龄较大的；资格老的
n.
elder老人；长辈；年长者；父辈
adjective(形容词)noun(名词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)noun(名词)
小知识
Someone who's elderly is very old. Your elderly neighbor might need help shoveling snow from her sidewalk and going grocery shopping each week.
When you talk about an elderly person, you might call him a “senior citizen” or an “older gentleman.” We tend to think of people as elderly when they're quite aged and have started to become physically frail. You can also use the adjective for animals or even inanimate objects that are getting old: “That elderly oak tree is going to have to come down.” The Old English root ealdorlic means “princely” or “excellent.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
elderly,aged,old
这三个词均可指“年老的，年迈的”。其区别是：
old指年事已高，接近生命的终点；
elderly指已过中年，意为“较老的，接近老年的”，常有尊敬和威严的意味。
例如：She was an elderly woman,perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人，可能有60岁了。
aged指“年迈的”，含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。
例如：An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁，口中念念有词。
这三个词均可指“年老的，年迈的”。其区别是：
old指年事已高，接近生命的终点；
elderly指已过中年，意为“较老的，接近老年的”，常有尊敬和威严的意味。
例如：She was an elderly woman,perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人，可能有60岁了。
aged指“年迈的”，含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。
例如：An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁，口中念念有词。
重要短语
elderly persons priority scheme共享颐年优先配屋计划