antiquity
antiquity 英 [ænˈtɪkwəti] 美 [ænˈtɪkwɪti]
n. 古代；古物
名词复数:antiquities
- If you find an antiquity, call a museum: you just found something very old. Antiquity can also mean the idea of oldness.
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- n. 古代；古物
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1. The statue was brought to Rome in antiquity.
这座雕像是古时运到罗马的。
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2. A number of the monuments are of considerable antiquity.
有些历史遗迹相当古老。
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3. Egyptian antiquities, Roman antiquities
埃及╱罗马古物
- 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 stem of antiquus "ancient, of olden times; long in existence" (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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