| 单词 |
senescent |
| 释义 |
senescent, a.|sɪˈnɛsənt| [ad. L. senēscent-em, pr. pple. of senēscĕre to grow old: see senesce v. and -ent.] Growing old, elderly.
1656Blount Glossogr., Senescent, waxing old, growing in age, wearing away, drawing to the wain. a1843Southey Doctor cxci. (1848) 505 Senescent spinsters and dowagers. 1878Stubbs Lect. Med. & Mod. Hist. (1886) 153 It is not a dead but a living language, senescent, perhaps, but in a green old age. 1893Nation 13 July 33/3 Great convenience to scholars, especially to those with senescent eyesight, would be secured by such a restoration. |

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