ancient是什么意思_ancient怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

very old;"an ancient mariner"

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中英词源

ancient 古代的

来自词根ante, 在前面的，古老的。

ancient: ancient: [14] Like antique, ancient was originally, in Latin, an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix -ānus, to produce the adjective *anteānus ‘going before’. In Old French this became ancien, and it passed into English via Anglo-Norman auncien. The final -t began to appear in the 15th century, by the same phonetic process as produced it in pageant and tyrant. The now archaic use of ancient as ‘standard, flag’ and as ‘standard-bearer’ (as most famously in Shakespeare’s ‘ancient Pistol’) arose from an alteration of ensign.
=> antique
ancient (adj.): mid-14c., auncyen, from Old French ancien "old, long-standing, ancient," from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, literally "from before," adjectivization of Latin ante "before, in front of, against" (from PIE *anti "against," locative singular of *ant- "front, forehead;" see ante). The parasitic -t dates from 15c. by influence of words in -ent.

Specifically, in history, "belonging to the period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire" (and contrasted with medieval and modern). In English law, "from before the Norman Conquest." Ancient of Days is from Dan. vii:9. Related: Anciently.
ancient (n.): "standard-bearer," 1550s, a corruption of ensign. Archaic, but preserved in Shakespeare"s character Aunchient Pistoll in "Henry V."

词态变化

副词 anciently;

权威造句

1. The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.: 旅行的终点是马拉喀什古城。

2. They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.: 他们这些老人将他的命运掌握在手心里。

3. Ancient civilizations believed in the curative powers of fresh air and sunlight.: 远古文明相信新鲜的空气和阳光有治病的功效。

4. Each one of these ancient towns is hauntingly beautiful.: 这些古镇个个都美得令人难以忘怀。

5. Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world.: 在古代，狗也与治病有关。

近反义词

aged

antique

old

相似短语

ancient objeet 古董

ancient pine phr. 古老的松柏

ancient flag 会

ancient greek phr. 古希腊语

ancient deed 【法】旧文件

ancient animals 古动物

ancient erosion 古代侵蚀

ancient history n.古代史,<口>刚刚发生但不成为新闻的事,家喻户晓的故事

in ancient times 在古代

ancient times 太古;古代

单词分析

ancient指很久以前发生或存在的事物。用于描述历史时，指远古时代。
old指长期以来一直存在着的事物，与times连用指古代，与days连用时指从前或旧社会。
antique指已经很古老或颇有古风的事物，一般都具有较高价值。

记忆方法

谐音“矮身的”→古代的（ancient）人身材都相当矮

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