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antique

/an-teek/US // ænˈtik //UK // (ænˈtiːk) //

古董,古物,古玩,古代

Related Words

ancient古代,古老的,古人,古代的heirloom传家宝,祖传,祖传的,传世relic遗迹,遗物,遗留物,残余物antiquity古代,古代人,古代的,远古时代artifact神器,文物,神物,神话aged老龄,年老的,老龄化,年迈的elderly长者,老年人,老人,老年superannuated超年假,超年金,超年薪,超龄vestige遗迹,痕迹,遗留物,遗物ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫monument纪念碑,纪念馆,纪念物,纪念品obsolescent过时的,过时,陈旧的,陈旧obsolete陈旧的,陈旧,陈旧过时,陈旧过时的out-of-date过时的,过时,已过时的,过期的outdated过时的,陈旧的,过时,落伍的prehistoric史前,史前的,史前时代,史前时代的objet d'art艺术品,艺术作品,藝術品

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or belonging to the past; not modern.
    • : dating from a period long ago: antique furniture.
    • : noting or pertaining to automobiles approximately 25 years old or more.
    • : in the tradition, fashion, or style of an earlier period; old-fashioned; antiquated.
    • : of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    • : neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.
    • : ancient.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
    • : the antique style, usually Greek or Roman, especially in art.
    • : Printing. a style of type.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    an·tiqued, an·ti·quing.

    • : to make or finish in imitation of antiques.
    • : to emboss on paper or fabric.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    an·tiqued, an·ti·quing.

    • : to shop for or collect antiques: She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.old
Forms: antiqued, antiques, antiquing
Synonyms
ancient古代,古老的,古人,古代的aged老龄,年老的,老龄化,年迈的elderly长者,老年人,老人,老年superannuated超年假,超年金,超年薪,超龄obsolescent过时的,过时,陈旧的,陈旧obsolete陈旧的,陈旧,陈旧过时,陈旧过时的out-of-date过时的,过时,已过时的,过期的outdated过时的,陈旧的,过时,落伍的prehistoric史前,史前的,史前时代,史前时代的
nounold object, often of great value
Forms: antiqued, antiques, antiquing
Synonyms
antiquity古代,古代人,古代的,远古时代artifact神器,文物,神物,神话heirloom传家宝,祖传,祖传的,传世relic遗迹,遗物,遗留物,残余物bygone昔日的,逝去的,昔日,逝者如斯夫monument纪念碑,纪念馆,纪念物,纪念品rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了vestige遗迹,痕迹,遗留物,遗物objet d'art艺术品,艺术作品,藝術品

Examples

  • Cummings, a retired antique store owner, moved from Newton and found ideological kinship just across the county line, in rural and ever-redder Jasper.

  • In this line of thinking, it’s okay to chuckle when Borat destroys an antique shop’s goods in the first film because the owner has some Confederate paraphernalia.

  • Chuck and Lucius brought a Victorian hamper filled with fine china plates, Austrian crystal, silver, and antique damask napkins.

  • Although the cabin is off the grid, you can plug in at the main house, and there’s warm water for showers and the antique bathtub on the porch.

  • The metal is finished in an antique bronze color, and comes fully assembled.

  • The library in Williamsburg itself is illuminated with antique filament bulbs and everything inside is of the past or a nod to it.

  • Fully when I got that call I was at an antique mall with my mom.

  • She was in a Chicago antique mall with her mom when she found out she got the audition.

  • For $4, he bought an antique picture frame and everything it contained.

  • We need to talk about economic fairness, even justice—an antique-sounding but still important word—not economic diversity.

  • It was an antique, half-Gothic, half-Saracenic looking edifice, which they now approached.

  • It is architecturally more pleasing and its windows are among the finest examples of antique stained glass in the Kingdom.

  • Pictures, tapestry, antique articles of furniture which had been in the house for centuries still remained.

  • On the front of the house was an ancient sun-dial, and across it, in antique letters, the legend "Time will show."

  • The germs of a new life, says Dr. Lbke, were in embryo in the dying antique world.

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