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senescent

/si-nes-uhnt/US // sɪˈnɛs ənt //UK // (sɪˈnɛsənt) //

衰老,衰老期,衰老的,炽热的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : growing old; aging.
    • : Cell Biology. no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.

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Examples

  • The gardener slammed the door of the senescent truck with vehement lack of affection.

  • Has it not sometimes occurred to you that it is only in the senescent epoch of a nations life that love disappears?

  • By that sort of piety to which senescent female sinners everywhere and at all times devote themselves she secured new friends.

  • That senescent October moon which a year ago marked the end of love's halcyon would have been a suitable light for such a party.

  • A senescent city; mostly antiquated Spanish architecture,—ponderous archways and earthquake-proof walls.