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augustan

/aw-guhs-tuhn, uh-guhs-/US // ɔˈgʌs tən, əˈgʌs- //UK // (ɔːˈɡʌstən) //

奥古斯丁,奥古斯坦,奥古斯塔人,奥古斯特

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, or to the age in which he flourished, which marked the golden age of Latin literature.
    • : of or relating to the neoclassic period, especially of 18th-century English literature.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an author in an Augustan age.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inclassical
Synonyms
classic经典,经典的,经典之作,经典案例humanistic人文主义,人本主义,人道主义,人文主义的doric苣荬菜,多里奇,苣菜,苣苔grecian希腊人,希腊语,希腊的,希腊式的greek希腊语,希腊文,希腊语的,希腊人hellenic地狱式的,地狱人,地狱式,地狱般的ionic离子性,离子,离子型,离子性的latin拉丁语,拉丁文,拉丁,拉丁语系academic学术,学术性,学术性的,学术的attic阁楼,阁楼上,阁楼上的roman罗马人,罗马,罗马语,罗马式scholastic学术性的,学术性,学术界,学者homeric乡土气息浓厚,乡土气息浓郁,乡土气息,乡土人情virgilian维吉利语,维吉利,维吉尔,维吉尔式belletristic美好主义,美好生活,美好时光,美好的事物bookish文绉绉的,文诌诌的,文艺范儿,文绉绉canonic犬牙交错,罐头,犬牙交错的,罐装canonical典型的,典型,典型案例classicistic古典主义,古典主义的,经典的,古典派

Examples

  • But he flourished during the decline of literature, and had neither the taste nor the elegance of the Augustan writers.

  • Actually it provides material for little more than an extended footnote on the history of criticism in the Augustan period.

  • The Latin poets of the Augustan age speak of silk attire with other luxurious customs from the East.

  • Dryden's death in 1700 marks the commencement of the so-called Augustan Age in English literature.

  • The characteristics of the great Characteristics of post-Augustan age.

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