You can picture someone standing further up the line — older, or higher in rank — and so ahead of the others below them. The single thread is 'further along / above': more years, or a more advanced position.

可以想成一個站在隊伍更前面的人:年紀更大,或地位更高,所以排在下面那些人之前。貫穿 senior 的那條線就是「更靠前、更上面」——不是年歲更長,就是位置更高階。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

Seniorname

  • 1

    A surname.

senioradj/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Older.

    • senior citizen
  • 2

    Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.

    • senior member; senior counsel
  • 3

    Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

  • 4

    hobbieslifestylesportsOf or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.

    • senior hockey
  • 5

    card-gamesgamesSynonym of elder.

    • It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.

seniornoun/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    An old person.

    • Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.
  • 2

    Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

    • He was four years her senior.
  • 3

    Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

  • 4

    obsoletebiblicallifestylereligionAn elder or presbyter in the early Church.

    • Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].
  • 5

    Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.

  • 6

    A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.

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