| 释义 |
longeval, longæval, a.|lɒnˈdʒiːvəl|
[f. L. longæv-us longevous + -al1.]
Long-lived, long-lasting.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 48 b/1 A longevalle or longe-continuinge Dysenterye. 1597M. Bowman ibid. Ded. ij, The omnipotent and Longevalle Emperioure of the Caelestialle influences. c1714Arbuthnot & Pope Mem. Mart. Scriblerus, Ess. Orig. Sci. P.'s Prose Wks. 1741 II. 246 What prodigies may we not conceive of those primitive Longæval and Antediluvian man-tigers, who first taught sciences to the world? 1856Grindon Life viii. (1875) 97 Did man's daily bread grow on longæval trees, like acorns. 1871J. Phillips Geol. Oxford 249 Bones..quietly reposing in their ‘longæval’ graves. |