ancient

adjective

/ˈeɪnʃənt/

belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past古代的
- Archaeologists are excavating the ruined temples of this ancient civilization.考古学家正在挖掘这个古老文明的废墟。
- ancient Greece/Egypt/Rome古希腊/埃及/罗马
- the ancient city of Petra佩特拉古城
opposite modernTopics Historya2
very old; having existed for a very long time古老的；很老的
- an ancient oak tree古橡树
- ancient traditions/culture古老的传统/文化
- the ancient Japanese art of origami日本古代折纸艺术
- (humorous) He's ancient—he must be at least fifty!他老得很了，肯定至少有五十岁！
- The man looked positively ancient.那个男子看起来实在老得很。
- The area is still covered by huge ancient forests.该地区依然覆盖着大片大片的原始森林。
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- be
- look
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
the ancients
noun [plural] the people who lived in ancient times, especially the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans（尤指古埃及、古希腊和古罗马的）古代人

词源late Middle English: from Old French ancien, based on Latin ante ‘before’.

词汇	ancient
释义	ancient adjective /ˈeɪnʃənt/ /ˈeɪnʃənt/ belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past古代的 Archaeologists are excavating the ruined temples of this ancient civilization.考古学家正在挖掘这个古老文明的废墟。 ancient Greece/Egypt/Rome古希腊/埃及/罗马 the ancient city of Petra佩特拉古城 opposite modernTopics Historya2 very old; having existed for a very long time古老的；很老的 an ancient oak tree古橡树 ancient traditions/culture古老的传统/文化 the ancient Japanese art of origami日本古代折纸艺术 (humorous) He's ancient—he must be at least fifty!他老得很了，肯定至少有五十岁！ The man looked positively ancient.那个男子看起来实在老得很。 The area is still covered by huge ancient forests.该地区依然覆盖着大片大片的原始森林。 Topics Buildingsa2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look adverb extremely fairly very … the ancients noun [plural] the people who lived in ancient times, especially the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans（尤指古埃及、古希腊和古罗马的）古代人词源late Middle English: from Old French ancien, based on Latin ante ‘before’.
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