1. He could hear the octogenarian breathe. 他能听到那八旬老人的呼吸。
2. She is very active for an octogenarian. 她已经是八旬老人了, 还很精神。
3. The Pope, an octogenarian virgin living in a palace, appeared vulnerable to the same charge, yet millions of people felt a personal conncetion to him. 而教皇,一个久居教堂,未经人事的耄耋老人,似乎也容易受到同样的指责。然而,成千上万的人们却觉得跟教皇心心相系。
英英解释
n.
1. someone whose age is in the eighties
2. being from 80 to 89 years old