eldest
adjective /ˈeldɪst/
/ˈeldɪst/
- (of people, especially of three or more members of the same family
指人，尤指同一家庭里三个或三个以上成员中 年龄最大的 - Tom is my eldest son.
汤姆是我的长子。
- Tom is my eldest son.
- the eldestused without a noun immediately after it to show who is the oldest of three or more people
（后面不紧跟名词，指三个或三个以上的人中）年龄最大的人 - the eldest of their three children
他们的三个子女中最大的那个
Synonyms oldold- elderly
- aged
- long-lived
- mature
- old having lived for a long time; no longer young:
- She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year.
她上年纪了，明年就 75 岁了。
- She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year.
- elderly (rather formal) used as a polite word for ‘old’:
old 的委婉语，指年纪较大的、上了年纪的： - She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives.
她在忙着照顾两个年老的亲戚。
- She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives.
- aged (formal) very old:
指年迈的、年老的： - Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful.
年迈的亲戚住在家里有时压力相当大。
- Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful.
- long-lived having a long life; lasting for a long time:
- Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived.
我们家每个人都特别长寿。
- Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived.
- mature used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young:
- clothes for the mature woman
成年妇女的服装
- clothes for the mature woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature man/woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/mature gentleman/lady/couple
- the eldest of their three children
词源Old English ieldest, eldest, of Germanic origin; related to German ältest, also to old.