Senile



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 年老的
• ［英］ adj. 年老的 ( of old age)
• ［记］ sen ( 老) +ile -> 老的
• ［例］ a senile condition ( 衰老状态)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin senilis, from sen-, senex old, old man
• Date: 1661
• 1. of, relating to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age <senile weakness>; especially exhibiting a loss of cognitive abilities (as memory) associated with old age
• 2. approaching the end of a geological cycle of erosion
• ? senilely adverb

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