单词	senescent
释义	senescentse‧nes‧cent /səˈnesənt/ adjective technical Word Origin WORD ORIGINsenescent Origin: 1600-1700 Latin present participle of senescere ‘to grow old’, from senex; ➔ SENIOR1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His brief was to convey coal as a developing rather than a senescent industry. I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension. Mr Lee seemed a gentleman, but senescent, and a gentleman from quite another, distant age. Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2. becoming old and showing the effects of getting older SYN  ageing:  a senescent industry—senescence noun [uncountable]
随便看	circlet circuit circuit board circuit breaker circuit court circuitous circuitously circuitry circuit training circular circular file circularity circular saw circulate circulation circulatory circumcise circumcision circumference circumflex circumlocution circumlocutory circumnavigate circumnavigation circumscribe

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