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单词
senescent
释义
senescent
se‧nes‧cent
/
səˈnes
ə
nt
/
adjective
technical
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
senescent
Origin:
1600-1700
Latin
present participle of
senescere
‘to grow old’
, from
senex
;
➔
SENIOR
1
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]
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