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venerableness

/ven-er-uh-buhl/US // ˈvɛn ər ə bəl //UK // (ˈvɛnərəbəl) //

尊贵,长老会,尊贵的人,长老院

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
    • : a title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon.
    • : hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations: the venerable halls of the abbey.
    • : impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc.: a venerable oak tree.
    • : extremely old or obsolete; ancient: a venerable automobile.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a venerable person.

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Examples

  • Burgundy is focusing inward, looking to its oldest and most venerable vines for an ancient answer to a modern menace.

  • Databases run the world, but database products are often some of the most mature and venerable software in the modern tech stack.

  • Sundog has been on both sides of such an encounter, and according to the venerable who-yields-to-whom trail signs, it’s the biker that should be yielding to the hiker.

  • So you have that long to fool around with the venerable, if comedically aged internet browser.

  • The venerable dining guide of more than a century had taken a break from awarding its coveted stars last fall as covid hit the hospitality industry.

  • Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.

  • Manhattanites are concerned that a decade of Bloombergian rent increases now threatens their venerable dining scene.

  • We salute a venerable lineage of strong women, big hair, and drama.

  • Considered a “patriotic food” during World War II, rabbits were raised alongside the venerable victory gardens on the homefront.

  • There is no notion of San Francisco's tumultuous and venerable gay history.

  • Rouen is interesting for its antiquities, including several venerable and richly adorned Churches which I had no time to visit.

  • In summer time its owners and their friends frequently tea within its venerable trunk.

  • And having embraced the venerable dwarf, he emerged out of the well roaring with laughter.

  • A venerable personage appeared, and asked them for whom this road was made.

  • Everything tending to this end is to him venerable and holy, and it is in this respect alone that he worships the Lingam.