| 单词 | senescent |
| 释义 | senescentWord family adjectivesenescentnounsenescence se·nes·cent /səˈnesənt/ adjectiveadj technical OLD/NOT YOUNGbecoming old and showing the effects of getting older 变老的，衰老的 SYN ageing a senescent industry 衰落的行业 —senescence noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus senescent• Mr Lee seemed a gentleman, but senescent, and a gentleman from quite another, distant age.• Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2.• His brief was to convey coal as a developing rather than a senescent industry.• I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension. From Longman Business Dictionary senescentse·nes·cent /səˈnesənt/ adjectiveadj formal getting older and showing the effects of this Coal is often viewed as a senescent industry. (1600-1700) Latin present participle of senescere “to grow old”, from senex; → SENIOR1 |
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