Elderly

(a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

整理:塔尼娅

• He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I was greatly surprised to see so many elderly people--I might almost say, so many venerable people. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• An elderly man, I presume? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• BOUNDERBY being a bachelor, an elderly lady presided over his establishment, in consideration of a certain annual stipend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large, coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• There was a chair just under the lamp, and the elderly man motioned that I should sit in it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• My familiarity with Marian's journal sufficiently assured me that the elderly lady was Madame Fosco. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was a respectable, elderly gentleman. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As he passed behind the counter, he took notice that the elderly gentleman said in a look to the young lady, This is our man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The elderly manservant, Crowther, appeared in the doorway exasperatedly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was a big, fat, odd sort of elderly man, who kept birds and white mice, and spoke to them as if they were so many Christian children. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was the face of an elderly woman, brown, rugged, and healthy, with nothing dishonest or suspicious in the look of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Did an elderly gentleman essay to stop the progress of the ball, it rolled between his legs or slipped between his fingers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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