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无 Antiquity Olden French Ancient æn'tikwiti N.古;古人;古迹 N

单词 antiquity
音标 [æn'tikwiti]
解释 n.古;古人;古迹
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字源 antiquity (n.)
late 14c., "olden times," from Old French antiquitet (11c.; Modern French antiquité) "olden times; great age; old age," from Latin antiquitatem (nominative antiquitas) "ancient times, antiquity, venerableness," noun of quality from antiquus (see antique (adj.)). Specific reference to ancient Greece and Rome is from mid-15c.; meaning "quality of being old" is from about the same time. Antiquities "relics of ancient days" is from 1510s.
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