superannuated
- adj. 過(guò)時(shí)的;退休的;老朽的
- v. 退休;變陳舊(superannuate的過(guò)去分詞)
中文詞源
super-,超過(guò),-ann,年,詞源同 annual.比喻用法,超過(guò)年齡的。
英文詞源
- superannuated (adj.)
- 1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which meant "more than a year old" and was used of cattle), from Latin super "beyond, over" (see super-) + annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). Earlier in same sense was superannate (c. 1600), from Medieval Latin superannatus. Compare French suranner.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
- 老朽無(wú)能的學(xué)究最令人討厭不過(guò)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Are you still riding that superannuated old bike?
- 你還騎那輛老掉牙的自行車(chē) 嗎 ?
來(lái)自辭典例句