sexagenarian
英 [,seksədʒɪ'neərɪən]
美[,sɛksədʒə'nɛrɪən]
- adj. 六十岁的
- n. 六十至六十九岁的人
中文词源
sexagenarian 六十几岁的人
来自拉丁语 sexageni,六十，来自 sex,六，词源同 six,-gen,十，词源同 ten,-arian,人。
英文词源
- sexagenarian (n.)
- 1738, "person sixty years old," from Latin sexagenarius "containing sixty," from sexagenarius, from sexageni "sixty each, sixty at a time," from sexaginta "sixty," from comb. form of sex (see six) + -genaria "ten times," from -ginta "tens," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1836.
双语例句
- 1. The sexagenarian population is growing.
- 六十岁以上的老年人人数正在增加.
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