nonagenarian
英 [,nɒnədʒɪ'neərɪən; ,nəʊn-]
美 [,nɑnədʒə'nɛrɪən]
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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