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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- eldest ['εldɪst]
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adj
being the oldest, esp the oldest surviving child of the same parents
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adj
[Etymology]
Old English eldesta, superlative of eald
old
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1.
adj
being the oldest, esp the oldest surviving child of the same parents
Examples
- the estate falls to the eldest son → fall
- 阿大
- A Da; the eldest → 阿
- 伯兄
- the eldest brother → 伯
- 大哥
- eldest brother → 大
- 嫡长子
- the wife's eldest son → 嫡
- 长男
- one's eldest son → 男
- 我和大姐最亲。
- My eldest sister is very dear to me. → 亲
- 长兄
- eldest brother → 长
- 长女
- eldest daughter → 长
- 我们三个人我最年长，李次之，张又次之。
- Of the three of us, I am the eldest, Li is younger, and Zhang is the youngest. → 之
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