■ noun
1》 a very old person.
2》 ( methuselah ) a wine bottle of eight times the standard size.
Origin
1930s: from the biblical patriarch ~ , said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).
■ noun
1》 a very old person.
2》 ( methuselah ) a wine bottle of eight times the standard size.
Origin
1930s: from the biblical patriarch ~ , said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004