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复数形式
elders
1
a person older in age or experience than another
- You should respect your elders.
- He sought advice from a family elder.
- The village elders gathered to discuss the dispute.
- She learned traditional stories from her tribal elders.
- As an elder, he was often asked to mediate conflicts.
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a senior member or officer in certain Christian churches
- The elder led the congregation in prayer.
- Church elders met to plan the upcoming service.
- He was ordained as an elder after years of service.
- The elder offered counsel to younger members.
- A group of elders oversees church discipline.
3
a shrub or small tree of temperate and subtropical regions, bearing clusters of white flowers and dark berries
- An elder grew beside the fence, heavy with berries.
- The elder produces fragrant blossoms in early summer.
- Birds often feed on the fruit of the elder.
- The hedgerow was thick with wild elder.
- They harvested elder berries for making syrup.
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