| 单词 | ancient |
| 释义 | ancient (once / 55 pages) adjn Ancient means very old. Sometimes there's a sense of "older than old." My grandmother, bless her soul, lived until she was positively ancient. Ancient art is that made in places and times we refer to as Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, and "an ancient" is someone who lived either during those eras, or in a Biblical context, before the flood that brought us the story of Noah and the Ark. WORD FAMILYancient: anciently, ancientness, ancients+/ancientness: ancientnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe story, first read in its entirety by Sherlock, is based on an ancient Mesopotamian fable that appears in the Babylonian Talmud. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Vultures, in the ancient world of Honduras, were a symbol of death and the transition to the spiritual world. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “I’m sure this immense knowledge of past and ancient history did inform his political judgment.” The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ancient history ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians ancient Greece Syn past earlier than the present time; no longer current 2adj very old an ancient mariner Syn old (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age 3n a person who lived in ancient times Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 4n a very old person Syn|Hyper antediluvian golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen an elderly person |
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