centenarian是什么意思？

centenarian

英[ˌsentɪˈneəriən] 美[ˌsentɪˈneriən]

• n.&adj. 百岁或逾百岁以上的（人），百岁老人（的）；

复数：centenarians;

例句

• They also predicted using genetics alone many of those among study participants would be a centenarian. 仅从遗传学上分析,他们推测研究中的被试者们有很多会成为百岁人.
• Gurong roots, such as Beaulieu, skin cracking if it rocks, like a centenarian, the long - whiskered. 古榕树根如蟠龙, 皮若裂岩, 像个百岁老人, 捋着长须.
• The country's centenarian ranks are dominated by women, who make up 86 percent of the total. 该国的百岁老人队伍以妇女为主, 占总数的86%.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  百岁老人
  A centenarian is someone who is a hundred years old or older.
  例句
  Japan has more than 4,000 centenarians. 日本有4,000多位百岁老人。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. someone who is at least 100 years old
• Adjective
  1. being at least 100 years old

行业词典

• 药学： 百岁老人；