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- (of one or more out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of a greater age年龄较大的：
my elder daughter
我的大女儿
the elder of the two sons.
两个儿子中的老大。
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the Elder
used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name较老的（用来区别相关的两个同名的名人）：Pitt the Elder
老皮特
the Elder Pliny.
老普林尼。
(一般作elders)
1- a person of greater age than someone specified年龄较大的人：
schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders
小学生们和那些比他们年长的人一样着迷
take a bit of advice from your elders and betters.
向长者和上级征求一下意见。
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- a person of advanced age老年人, 长者。
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one's elder
a person who is older than one by a specified length of time比某人大…岁的人：she was two years his elder.
她比他大两岁。
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- （常作elders）a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group（部落等群体的）头人, 族长, 村长：
a council of village elders.
村长委员会。
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- an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects（早期基督教教会或各种新教教会的）长老。
派生词
eldership
noun词源
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- a small tree or shrub with pithy stems, typically having white flowers and bluish-black or red berries接骨木; 接骨木属植物。
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- Genus Sambucus, family Caprifoliaceae: numerous species, in particular the common Eurasian S. nigra.接骨木属, 忍冬科：众多种, 尤指亚欧的西洋接骨木（拉丁名S. nigra）。
1.2
- used in names of other plants that resemble the elder in leaf or flower, e.g. ground elder［用于叶或花与接骨木相似的植物名中, 如ground elder］。
词源
Old English ellærn; related to Middle Low German ellern, elderne.