graybeard
英 ['ɡreɪbɪəd]
美
- n. 土制酒壶；老人
英英释意
- 1. a man who is very old
- 2. a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
英文词源
- graybeard (n.)
- also greybeard, "old man," 1570s, from gray (adj.) + beard (n.). Middle English had gray-hair (n.) "old man" (late 15c.), and simple gray in this sense is from late 14c.
实用场景例句
- That graybeard you talked about has already fill his shoes.
- 你说的那位老爷子已经到了.
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