senate

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛnɪt/    美 /ˈsɛnət/|/ˈsɛnɪt/|/ˈsenət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
  2. A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
    — Before the Tyrant's throne All night his aged Senate sate.
  3. In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.

词形变化

senates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonsenate senate-house
相关词
senator senatorial senatus senescent senile senior

词源

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).
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