| 单词 | octogenarian |
| 释义 | octogenarian noun[C] uk/ˌɒk.təʊ.dʒəˈneə.ri.ən/us/ˌɑːk.toʊ.dʒəˈner.i.ən/apersonwho is between 80 and 89yearsold 八旬老人，80至89岁的人The elderly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Describing age & birthdays Examplesofoctogenarianoctogenarian In summary, the women, especially the octogenarians and septuagenarians, proceeded from familiar routines, both when they went food shopping and when they cooked. From theCambridge English Corpus Female heads would have appeared even older than their male counterparts had octogenarians, whose ages may have been exaggerated, been excluded from consideration. From theCambridge English Corpus The variable patterns of productive activity among people aged in the fifties and sixties converged towards a core of home-based productivity, with comparatively little variation among octogenarians. From theCambridge English Corpus He spoke with anoctogenarianurbanity which is characterstic of him and with that cool and considered calm which usually characterises all his utterances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have octogenarians here, and doing very well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He certainly would not be the firstoctogenarianto play an important international role. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We know roughly when the person qualified and whether we are dealing with anoctogenarianor a young man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You will find the genialoctogenariancoming up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theoctogenariantendency in the other place shows remarkable signs of life, and great spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not eight years old in computer terms butoctogenarianbecause the free flow of information technology has outstripped all of the initial proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is by the exercise here and now of the very opposite spirit that we may help to end thatoctogenarianschism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That figure will increase to over 1 million by 2000 —the largest number of octogenarians this country has ever had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I came of age in 1929 when anyone not yet anoctogenarianwould have been a schoolboy or perhaps even unborn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was referring to my distinguishedoctogenarianpredecessor of the same surname, who, unhappily, is not with us to appreciate the joke and the flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly hope that the new entries will not be aged people of sixty or seventy or even touching the extreme senility of theoctogenarian. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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