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An oldster is an old person. The word is relaxed and a little old in style, and it was built to sit beside youngster. You might hear it in a story, or when someone is teasing in a warm way, more than in careful school writing. It does not by itself mean “wise,” and it does not mean “weak”; it only points to age. Though actually the pair is not even: people say youngster all the time, and oldster much less. Some people now prefer older person, because oldster can sound as if you are putting someone in a box labelled “old.”
老人(口語、略舊,對應 youngster)
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oldsternoun
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informalSomeone who is old.
- 'Oh yes,' laughed Solitaire. 'Plenty of them. All the local inhabitants who take the money off the oldsters, for instance. The people who own the motels and the trailer-camps. You could make plenty of money running the bingo tournaments.'
- He was quoted as saying alcohol was better than milk in the diet of "oldsters."
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nauticaltransportA midshipman of four years' standing; a master's mate.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。