ancient Greek ;
[例句] 古希腊是智慧和哲学的发源地. Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy.
[例句] 古希腊人在打仗前用羊和小牛作祭品. The ancient Greeks sacrificed lambs or calves before engaging in battle.
(伊斯兰教的经典) the Koran (一译“可兰经”),Alcoran ;
[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒,以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
[例句] 节目一开始是一段《古兰经》朗诵。 The transmission began with a recitation from the Koran.
eccentric,odd,curious,whimsical,crankish ;
[例句] 他们不会放过你这些古怪的念头的。 They will not allow your more way-out ideas to pass unchallenged.
[例句] 一位女招待端来一道样子相当古怪的菜。 One of the waitresses arrived with a very odd-looking dish.
age-old,antiquated,archaic,old,crusted ;
[例句] 科普特教会是最古老的基督教会之一。 The Coptic Church is among the oldest churches of Christianity.
[例句] 他因为给古老的宗教经书谱曲配乐而备受关注。 He has attracted much interest by setting ancient religious texts to music.
inflexible,old-fashioned,old-maidish,square-toed,fusty ;
[例句] 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。 The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
[例句] 他们没修养,很乏味,是一群无聊古板的老家伙。 They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.
in ancient times ;
[例句] 该镇在古时以其白色公牛闻名。 The town was famous in antiquity for its white bulls.
[例句] 化石可以让我们知道古时的生态环境。 Fossils allow us to reconstruct ancient ecology.
[经] gourde ;
[例句] 古德曼先生,那个问题你怎么看? Mr Goodman, do you have any thoughts on that?
[例句] 彭德古德把旅行拖车里的沙子铲了出来。 Pendergood had shovelled the sand out of the caravan.
[化] cocaine,cocain ;
[例句] 不可滥服古柯碱. Don't have cocaine abusively.
[例句] 古柯碱本被医师用来当作局部麻醉剂. Cocaine is originally used as a local anesthetic by doctors.
through the ages,eternally,forever,aeon ;
cippus ;
[例句] 古罗马人征服英国的时候也带来了这个风俗。 When they conquered Britain, the Romans brought this custom with them.
[例句] 我们周围都是古罗马的遗迹。 There are Roman remains all around us.
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[例句] 在坦桑尼亚工作的英国古生物学家 British paleontologist who worked in Tanzania.
[例句] 古生物学家还讨论了始祖鸟是否会飞的问题. Paleontologists also debated whether Archaeopteryx could fly.
ancient maxims or precepts ;
[例句] 他熟谙经典, 慎求古训, 又能别出心裁. He was familiar with the classic, ancient Shen - seeking, but also ingenuity.
[例句] 这些黑客在时刻重复着一条古训: 如果什么东西看起来过于美好不像真的, 那么它可能的确不是真的. Such hacking an old adage: if something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
archaic,Archaian,Noachic,far-back,hoary ;
[例句] 只有姓名是古代的;人物都是现代的、摩登的。 Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
[例句] 这石斧是古代的遗物. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.
the ancients;
[例句] 古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。 The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.
[例句] 古代人错误地认为地球是扁平的. The ancients were mistaken in their belief that the earth was flat.
weirdly,anticly,crankily,rumly ;
[例句] "她古怪地笑了一声: "醉? She laughed an ugly laugh. " Tipsy?
[例句] 他奔来奔去,离奇古怪地干下了种种荒谬的事情. He rushed about doing preposterous things in an extraordinary manner.
classic,classical,vintage ;
[例句] 这儿出现的论题是古典的而又有争论余地的. The issues which here arisen are the classical debatable issues.
[例句] 这对于建立古典的分析确是足够了. It did suffice to build classical analysis.
[医] spadic,coca ;
[例句] 古柯叶也应用于仪式 、 医药与其他产品. It is also used in rituals, medicine and other products.
[例句] 古柯叶也可拿来泡茶治疗惧高症. The leaf is also used as a tea for altitude sickness.
名 [人名] Goure ;
[例句] 古尔德先生号召采取“一人一票制”。 Mr Gould called for a move towards "one man one vote"
[例句] 约翰的“罪行”就是对经理太随便,还叫他古尔迪。 John's "crime" was being too familiar with the manager and calling him Gouldy.
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[例句] 古董的销路很好(很容易找到买主). There's a ready market for antiques, ie Buyers are easily found for them.
[例句] 古董的价格很难被精确的估计. It is difficult to assess the price of antique with great accuracy.
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[例句] 她身上洒着古龙水. She perfumed herself with Eau de Cologne.
[例句] 你不觉得我很讨厌闻到你身上别的男人的古龙水味道 吗 ? You don't think I'm sick of having to smell another guy's cologne on you?