ancient
英 [ˈeɪnʃənt] 美 [ˈenʃənt]

adj.

古代的，已往的；古老的，过时的；年老的；老式的

n.

古代人；古文明国的国民；高龄老人；旗手

变形

复数：ancients

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 古代的,古老的 belonging to times long past
2. 年老的,老式的 very old

英英释义

ancient[ 'einʃənt ]

• n.
  • a very old person

    同义词：antediluvian

  • a person who lived in ancient times
• adj.
  • 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"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• ancient accounts of dragons源远流长的有关龙的传说
• ancient antagonist宿敌
• ancient architecture古代建筑
• ancient belief古老的信仰
• ancient book古籍，古书
• ancient calendar古代历法
• ancient capital古都
• ancient car款式古色古香的汽车
• ancient castle古城堡
• ancient city古城
• ancient civilization古代文明
• ancient cry of nature大自然亘古的呼唤
• ancient culture古代文化
• ancient custom古风
• ancient Greece古希腊
• ancient hall古代大厅
• ancient history古代史
• ancient ideal陈腐的观念
• ancient language古代语言
• ancient laws古代法律
• ancient literature古代文学
• ancient monuments古迹
• ancient nation古老的国家
• ancient oak tree古橡树
• ancient origin远古的起源
• ancient painting古画
• ancient palace古老的宫殿
• ancient people古代人
• ancient rights自古有之的权利
• ancient rivalries世代的宿怨
• ancient rocks年代久远的岩石
• ancient Rome古罗马
• ancient ruins古代遗迹
• ancient sweater老古董式的毛衣
• ancient temple古庙
• ancient times古代
• ancient tradition古老的传统
• ancient tree古树
• ancient use古代的用法
• ancient village古老的村庄
• ancient woodlands古老的林地
• ancient world古代世界

词组短语

ancient chinese n. 古代汉语

ancient times古代，上古

ancient city古都

in ancient times在古代

ancient greece古希腊

ancient greek古希腊语

ancient civilization古代文明；远古文化

ancient and modern古今

ancient capital古都

ancient history西洋古代史；家喻户晓的故事

ancient literature古代文学

ancient architecture古代建筑

ancient world远古世纪

ancient chinese literature中国古代文学

ancient relics古代遗物，古迹

ancient coins古钱币

history of ancient china中国古代史

ancient porcelain古瓷

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

old, ancient, antique

这组词都有“古代的，古老的”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

antique指已经很古老或颇有古风的事物，一般都具有较高价值。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. This is an ancient parable.
   这是一个古老的寓言。
2. It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
   那是一个以几种语言叙述的古老的故事。
3. Soldiers in ancient time used escutcheon to fight.
   古代的士兵用饰有花纹的盾作战。
4. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.
   这把石斧是古代的遗物。
5. We will all have a course in ancient history this term.
   这个学期我们都有一门古代史课程。

用作名词(n.)

1. The ancients believed that the sun and moon were planets.
   古人相信太阳和月亮都是星球。

权威例句

Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog.
The ancient regulatory-protein family of WD-repeat proteins
Signature of ancient population growth in a low-resolution mitochondrial DNA mismatch distribution.
Re–Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton
AMP-activated protein kinase: Ancient energy gauge provides clues to modern understanding of metabolism
Proof and evolutionary analysis of ancient genome duplication in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ancient missense mutations in a new member of the RoRet gene family are likely to cause familial Mediterranean fever. The Internatio...
The Biomarker Guide: Interpreting Molecular Fossils in Petroleum and Ancient Sediments
Signal transduction pathways activated by the IL-1 receptor family: ancient signaling machinery in mammals, insects, and plants
Identification of paracaspases and metacaspases: two ancient families of caspase-like proteins, one of which plays a key role in MAL...