| 词汇 | octogenarian |
| 释义 | octogenarianWord family nounoctogenarianadjectiveoctogenary oc·to·ge·nar·i·an /ˌɒktəʊdʒəˈneəriən, -tə- $ ˌɑːktoʊ-/ noun [countableC] OLD/NOT YOUNGsomeone who is between 80 and 89 years old 八十至八十九岁之间的人，八旬老人 Examples from the Corpus octogenarian• Hiking trails combine history and nature, and are strenuous enough, or gentle enough, for both teen-agers and octogenarians.• Some 40 assemblymen are now in their nineties; almost half are octogenarians.• There were six other octogenarians also in attendance and between them they had notched up 170 years service with P&O companies.• Rumors were rampant that the octogenarian was senile and in poor health.• The octogenarians were well respected too.• Here was a man who saw modern life as a foreign country: this twinkling octogenarian came across asa time-traveller. (1800-1900) Latin octogenarius “containing eighty”, from octoginta “eighty” |
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