音标：['eldә]
n. 年长者, 老人, 前辈
a. 年长的, 资深的
【医】 接骨木[属植物]
在线英汉词典
elder的短语、例句：
elder
adj
1
(a) [attrib 作定语]
(of people; esp two closely related members of a family) older; senior （指人, 尤指家庭中两个关系密切的成员）年长的, 年龄较大的
my elder brother 我的哥哥
her elder daughter, ie the first-born of her two daughters 她的大女儿.
(b) the elder (used without an immediately following n to refer to an earlier or later n 後面不紧接名词, 用以指前面或後面的名词) the older person, etc (of two) （两人中）年长者
He is the elder of my two brothers. 他是我两兄弟中年岁较大的.
There go my two sons. Can you guess which is the elder? 那是我的两个儿子. 你能猜出哪个大吗?
2 the elder (fml 文) (used before or after sb´s name to distinguish him from another person with the same name 用於某人名字之前或之後, 以区别与之同名者): Pitt the elder 大皮特
the elder Pitt 大皮特. Cf 参看 young 3. elder, n
1 my, etc elder [sing]
person older than me, etc 比我等年长的人
He is her elder by several years. 他比她大几岁.
2 elders [pl]
people of greater age and authority 年迈而有权威的人
the village elders, ie the old and respected people of the village 村中德高望重的前辈
Traditions were passed on by the elders of the tribe. 部族的传统由长者承袭相传.
3 [C] official in a Presbyterian church （长老会中的）长老.
4 (idm 习语) one´s (elders and) betters => better3 3.
elder n any of several types of small tree with scented white flowers and red or black berries 接骨木.
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