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antiquarian

/an-ti-kwair-ee-uhn/US // ˌæn tɪˈkwɛər i ən //UK // (ˌæntɪˈkwɛərɪən) //

古籍,古籍的,古籍整理者,古物

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to antiquaries or to the study of antiquities.
    • : of, dealing in, or interested in old or rare books.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an antiquary.
    • : a size of drawing and writing paper, 31 × 53 or 29 × 52 inches.

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Examples

  • In 1650, a Danish physician and antiquarian named Ole Worm conducted the first survey of a Viking cremation burial site known as the Kalvestene.

  • McMurtry, a onetime co-owner of a bookstore in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood, also was an obsessive collector of antiquarian books.

  • But the world of antiquarian maps presented powerful temptations.

  • The Krogers were set up in Britain as antiquarian booksellers.

  • Samuel Squire, bishop of St. David's died; a poetical, historical and antiquarian writer of note.

  • If such a realization had only come a hundred years ago, a great service would have been done the historian and the antiquarian.

  • The town itself contains no buildings of antiquarian interest, but it has some fine modern edifices.

  • Vast numbers of lamps have been found in the Catacombs, and specimens abound in almost every antiquarian museum.

  • A great history must have other merits besides accuracy, antiquarian research, and presentation of authorities and notes.