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medieval adj.中世纪的 (1) 在中世纪的欧洲，成为骑士是理想。(2) 这座中世纪的城市周围建有城墙和护城河。(3) 这座教堂是中世纪建筑风格的典型实例。(4) 这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。 Medieval can also have positive connotations, since the Middle Ages are remembered as a time of knights and courtly love, when chivalry and honor were highly valued. If a guy doesn’t mind getting his feet wet lifting his girlfriend over a big puddle, that’s medieval in a nice way. However, if he then dies of the bubonic plague, that’s medieval in a less nice way.

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英 [ˌmedi'iːvl] 美 [ˌmedi'iːvl] (1) Knighthood was an ideal in medieval Europe.(2) The medieval town was fortified with a high wall and a deep moat.(3) This church is a classic example of medieval architecture.(4) The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art. Use the adjective medieval to describe something from the Middle Ages, or something so backwards that it might as well be from the Middle Ages. A teacher once rapped your knuckles with a ruler as punishment? That’s practically medieval! in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mediaeval1[ADJ 形容词]中世纪的(指公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡至公元1500年左右这段时期) Something that is medieval relates to or was made in the period of European history between the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD and about 1500 AD.   [usu ADJ n]...a medieval castle.中世纪城堡...the medieval chroniclers.中世纪编年史家

英语单词	medieval
英美音标	英 [ˌmedi'iːvl] 美 [ˌmedi'iːvl]
中文释义	adj.中世纪的
英语例句	(1) Knighthood was an ideal in medieval Europe. (2) The medieval town was fortified with a high wall and a deep moat. (3) This church is a classic example of medieval architecture. (4) The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.
中文例句	(1) 在中世纪的欧洲，成为骑士是理想。 (2) 这座中世纪的城市周围建有城墙和护城河。 (3) 这座教堂是中世纪建筑风格的典型实例。 (4) 这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective medieval to describe something from the Middle Ages, or something so backwards that it might as well be from the Middle Ages. A teacher once rapped your knuckles with a ruler as punishment? That’s practically medieval!
vocabulary扩展	Medieval can also have positive connotations, since the Middle Ages are remembered as a time of knights and courtly love, when chivalry and honor were highly valued. If a guy doesn’t mind getting his feet wet lifting his girlfriend over a big puddle, that’s medieval in a nice way. However, if he then dies of the bubonic plague, that’s medieval in a less nice way.
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mediaeval 1 [ADJ 形容词]中世纪的(指公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡至公元1500年左右这段时期) Something that is medieval relates to or was made in the period of European history between the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD and about 1500 AD. [usu ADJ n] ...a medieval castle. 中世纪城堡 ...the medieval chroniclers. 中世纪编年史家

Medieval Middle That’s Nice 英 ˌmedi'iːvl] 美 ˌmedi'iːvl Adj.中世纪的