elder中文什么意思

adj.
〔old 的比较级，但不能与 than 并用〕
1.年长的；资格老的。
2.从前的。
+更多解释...3.优先的。
短语和例子
one's elder brother [sister] 哥哥[姊姊]。n.
年长者，长辈；族长；前人，祖先；(教会的)长老。 elder statesman 1. 政界元老，社会上有影响的人物。 2. (日本史上天皇的)元老参事团参事。 elder times 古时候。 elder title 优先权。n.
【植物；植物学】接骨木。

• agrippina the elder:    大阿格里皮娜
• american elder:    美接骨木花
• bastard elder:    私生长子

例句与用法

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1. I used always to lie with the elder sister .
   从前我总是和那位大姐同睡。
2. Revolt was raised by his elder brother .
   他的哥哥起来造反。
3. He was the elder of her two sons .
   他是她两个儿子中的长子。
4. They all called her elder sister .
   他们都管她叫大姐姐。
5. Traditions were passed on by the elders of the tribe .
   部族的传统由长者承袭相传。

英文释义

名词

1. a person who is older than you are
   同义词：senior
2. any of various church officers
3. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
   同义词：elderberry bush

形容词

1. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
   同义词：older, sr.