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nonagenarian是什么意思

nonagenarian

英 [,nɒnədʒɪ'neərɪən; ,nəʊn-] 美 [,nɑnədʒə'nɛrɪən]
  • n. 九十多岁
  • adj. 九十多岁的

中文词源


nonagenarian 九十多岁的人

来自拉丁语nonagen,九十,来自nonus,九,词源同nine,-gen,十,词源同ten,dean,字母d,g音变。

英文词源


nonagenarian (n.)
1776, coined in English with -an + Latin nonagenarius "containing ninety" (in Late Latin "someone ninety years old"), from nonagen "ninety each," related to nonaginta "the number ninety," from nonus "ninth" (see nones) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1893.

双语例句


1. If your grandfather were a nonagenarian, hoe old would he be?
如果你的祖父是一个90到99岁的人,那他会是多少岁呢?

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