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ancient adj.古老的；古代的n.古人 (1) 这是一个古老的寓言。(2) 那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。(3) 古代的士兵用饰有花纹的盾作战。(4) 这把石斧是古代的遗物。(5) 这个学期我们都有一门古代史课程。(6) 古人相信太阳和月亮都是星球。 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.

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英 ['eɪnʃənt] 美 ['eɪnʃənt] (1) This is an ancient parable.(2) It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.(3) Soldiers in ancient time used escutcheon to fight.(4) This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.(5) We will all have a course in ancient history this term.(6) The ancients believed that the sun and moon were planets. Ancient means very old. Sometimes there's a sense of "older than old." My grandmother, bless her soul, lived until she was positively ancient. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]远古的；古代的 Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire.   [ADJ n]They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。ancientlySalisbury Plain was known anciently as Ellendune.索尔兹伯里平原在古代被称为Ellendune。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古老的；年代久远的 Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.   [usu ADJ n]...ancient Jewish tradition.古老的犹太传统...ancient fishing rights.由来已久的捕鱼权...a few acres of ancient woodland.几英亩古老的林地3[N-PLURAL 复数名词]古代人；（尤指）古希腊人，古罗马人 The ancients are the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome.   [the N]The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

英语单词	ancient
英美音标	英 ['eɪnʃənt] 美 ['eɪnʃənt]
中文释义	adj.古老的；古代的 n.古人
英语例句	(1) This is an ancient parable. (2) It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages. (3) Soldiers in ancient time used escutcheon to fight. (4) This stone axe is a relic of ancient times. (5) We will all have a course in ancient history this term. (6) The ancients believed that the sun and moon were planets.
中文例句	(1) 这是一个古老的寓言。 (2) 那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。 (3) 古代的士兵用饰有花纹的盾作战。 (4) 这把石斧是古代的遗物。 (5) 这个学期我们都有一门古代史课程。 (6) 古人相信太阳和月亮都是星球。
vocabulary简明	Ancient means very old. Sometimes there's a sense of "older than old." My grandmother, bless her soul, lived until she was positively ancient.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]远古的；古代的 Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. [ADJ n] They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning. 他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。 anciently Salisbury Plain was known anciently as Ellendune. 索尔兹伯里平原在古代被称为Ellendune。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古老的；年代久远的 Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time. [usu ADJ n] ...ancient Jewish tradition. 古老的犹太传统 ...ancient fishing rights. 由来已久的捕鱼权 ...a few acres of ancient woodland. 几英亩古老的林地 3 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]古代人；（尤指）古希腊人，古罗马人 The ancients are the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome. [the N] The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens. 古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

Ancient Means N History Believed Lived Rome Adj Graded