(of people, especially of three or more members of the same family 指人，尤指同一家庭里三个或三个以上成员中 oldest 年龄最大的 - the eldest
used without a noun immediately after it to show who is the oldest of three or more people （后面不紧跟名词，指三个或三个以上的人中）年龄最大的人 the eldest of their three children 他们的三个子女中最大的那个
Synonyms oldold- elderly
- aged
- long-lived
- mature
- old having lived for a long time; no longer young:
She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year. 她上年纪了，明年就 75 岁了。
- elderly (rather formal
) used as a polite word for ‘old’: old 的委婉语，指年纪较大的、上了年纪的： She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives. 她在忙着照顾两个年老的亲戚。
- aged (formal
) very old: 指年迈的、年老的： Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful. 年迈的亲戚住在家里有时压力相当大。
- long-lived having a long life; lasting for a long time:
Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived. 我们家每个人都特别长寿。
- mature used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young:
clothes for the mature woman 成年妇女的服装
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature man/woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/mature gentleman/lady/couple
Word OriginOld English ieldest, eldest, of Germanic origin; related to German ältest, also to old.