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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