单词 | period piece |
释义 | period piece From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Historyperiod pieceˈperiod piece noun [countable]1 SHTYPICALan old piece of furniture or work of art a house furnished with period pieces2 OLD-FASHIONEDa film, play, book etc whose story takes place during a particular period in history a period piece based on a book by E.M. ForsterExamples from the Corpusperiod piece• Lehrer, it turns out, was aiming all along for something more than a period piece.• an Edwardian period piece• But the three females provide the material that makes Second Lives transcend the normal period piece. |
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