单词 | olden |
释义 | olden (oʊldən ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you refer to a period in the past as the olden days, you feel affection for it. [literary] We had a delightful time talking about the olden days on his farm. ...the nicely painted railways of olden times. in the olden days/in olden days phrase In the olden days or in olden days means in the past. In the olden days the girls were married young. In olden days, of course, a flag-lieutenant was in charge of the Admiral's signal flags. Collocations: in olden times It's what we, in olden times, called 'using some bronzer'. Times, Sunday Times In olden times, those invited to dinner or a birthday party would take a bunch of flowers. Times, Sunday Times In olden times, turning points in the seasons were carefully recorded, and often aligned with saints' days. Times, Sunday Times In olden times writers gathered subscribers who donated monies to enable the scribbly person to produce a tome of their work. Times, Sunday Times In olden times, longhouses of over 75 doors are said to have been common. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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