ancient

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is very old.
    — Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.
  2. A flag, banner, standard or ensign. archaic
    — [D]iſcarded, vniuſt ſeruingmen, yonger ſonnes to yonger brothers, reuolted tapſters, and Oſtlers, tradefalne, the cankers of a calme world, and a long peace, ten times more diſhonourable ragged then an olde fazd ancient, […]
  3. A person who lived in ancient times.
    — What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients.
  4. The bearer of a flag; ensign. obsolete,rare
    — I preſt mee none but such toſtes and butter with hearts in their bellies no bigger then pianes heades, and they haue bought out their ſeruices, and now my whole charge conſiſts of Ancients, Corporals, Lieutenants, gentlemen of companies: ſlaues as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked his ſores, and ſuch as indeed were neuer ſouldiours, […]
  5. One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. UK
  6. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. obsolete
    — Junius and Andronicus […] in Christianity […] were his ancients.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
    — an ancient city
  2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
    — an ancient author
  3. Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
  4. Experienced; versed. obsolete
    — approved by the consent of the moste ancient doctors of the Churche [part of the book title]
  5. Former; sometime. obsolete
    — They mourned their ancient leader lost.

词形变化

ancienter comparative more ancient comparative ancientest superlative most ancient superlative anchient alternative,obsolete aunchient alternative,obsolete auncient alternative,obsolete auntient alternative,obsolete awncient alternative,obsolete awntient alternative,obsolete ancyent alternative,obsolete antient alternative ancients plural anchient alternative,obsolete aunchient alternative,obsolete auncient alternative,obsolete auntient alternative,obsolete awncient alternative,obsolete awntient alternative,obsolete ancyent alternative,obsolete antient alternative ancients plural

词汇关系

近义词
eldern hoary oldster senior citizen forerunner
反义词
modern
衍生词
AADAOPA anciency ancient alien ancient astronaut ancient document Ancient Egypt ancient grain Ancient Greece Ancient Greek ancient history ancientism ancient Kangleipak ancient lights anciently Ancient Macedonian ancient marineress ancient monument ancient Near Eastern ancientness ancient regime Ancient Rome ancientry ancients ancient times nonancient superancient unancient
相关词
antic antiquarian antiquary antiquated antique antiquity

词源

词源 1
From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymological excrescent /t/ is by analogy with the common ending -ent.
词源 2
Corruption of ensign.
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