senile
英 ['siːnaɪl]
美 ['sinaɪl]
中文詞源
senile 衰老的sen-,年老，-ile,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- senile (adj.)
- 1660s, "suited to old age," from French sénile (16c.), from Latin senilis "of old age," from senex (genitive senis) "old, old man," from PIE root *sen- "old" (cognates: Sanskrit sanah "old;" Avestan hana- "old;" Old Persian hanata- "old age, lapse of time;" Armenian hin "old;" Greek enos "old, of last year;" Lithuanian senas "old," senis "an old man;" Gothic sineigs "old" (used only of persons), sinistra "elder, senior;" Old Norse sina "dry standing grass from the previous year;" Old Irish sen, Old Welsh hen "old"). Meaning "weak or infirm from age" is first attested 1848.
雙語例句
- 1. What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
- 那些患老年癡呆症的人到底出了什麽問題？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She is suffering from senile dementia.
- 她患有老年癡呆症。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't mind the old lady. She's getting senile.
- 不要在意這個老太太，她有點兒老糊塗了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I think she's going senile .
- 我想她是衰老了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. I may be senescent, but I'm not yet senile.
- 我有點顯老了, 但還沒有老得不中用.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》