gerontic
gerontic — 形容詞
- geronticpositive
- more geronticcomparative
- most geronticsuperlative
1. connected with the stage of human life when someone has reached old age
老年人的
與人類晚年階段相關的
connected with the stage of human life when someone has reached old age
Takeshi's research focuses on gerontic care in rural communities.
Takeshi 的研究聚焦於鄉村社區的老年照護。
collocation: gerontic care
The new gerontic ward at St Mary's Hospital was designed with input from elderly patients.
聖瑪麗醫院新的老年病房在設計時諮詢了年長病患的意見。
passive: was designed with input from
After years in general medicine, Nora moved into gerontic nursing.
在普通醫學領域工作多年後，Nora 轉向了老年護理。
Dr. Tamar's gerontic research changed how the clinic treats patients over eighty.
Tamar 醫師的老年研究改變了該診所治療八十歲以上病患的方式。
Marco's mother began gerontic physiotherapy after breaking her hip at ninety-two.
Marco 的母親在九十二歲摔傷髖骨後，開始接受老年物理治療。
- juvenile
relating to young people; the opposite end of the human lifespan
文法句型
gerontic + noun
用法筆記
Limited to formal, technical, or academic contexts such as medicine, social work, and biology. Rarely appears in everyday conversation.
常見錯誤
2. describing a plant or animal that has grown old and is close to the end of its l
衰老生物的
描述植物或動物已達生命末期
describing a plant or animal that has grown old and is close to the end of its lifespan
The gerontic leaves on Sari's tomato plants turned brown and curled at the edges.
Sari 番茄植株上衰老的葉子變得枯黃且邊緣捲曲。
collocation: gerontic leaves
Henry photographed the gerontic elephant in its final weeks at the sanctuary.
Henry 拍攝了那頭衰老的大象在庇護所度過的最後幾週。
Lucía's class examined gerontic cells to understand how organisms break down over time.
Lucía 班上觀察了衰老的細胞以了解生物如何隨著時間衰退。
The gerontic oak in Kabir's village no longer grew new branches each spring.
Kabir 村裡那棵衰老的橡樹每年春天不再長出新枝。
Omar recorded changes in the gerontic tissue of fruit flies for his dissertation.
Omar 為了論文記錄了果蠅衰老組織的變化。
- juvenile
in biology, describing an organism in its young or early developmental stage
文法句型
gerontic + noun
用法筆記
Found almost exclusively in biology and botany texts. Distinguish from sense 1 (OF THE ELDERLY): this sense describes non-human organisms, not people.