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old world

/ohld-wurld/US // ˈoʊldˈwɜrld //

旧世界,古老的世界,古代世界,旧社会

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the ancient world or to a former period of history.
    • : of or relating to the Old World: old-world customs.
    • : characteristic of the Old World; quaint; traditional.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inquaint

Examples

  • The meats on a Bub’s hoagie — genoa‎ salami, hot and sweet capicola, pepperoni — are sourced from Citterio, an Old World purveyor that can trace its roots to 19th-century Italy.

  • There are two layers of metal that sandwich a hardwood core under the hood, meaning the 104 handles like an Old World super-G ski when you want to haul ass in wide-open terrain.

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.

  • Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.

  • Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.

  • It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.

  • Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.

  • There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.