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 antique [æn'tik]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 古董, 古物

a. 古老的, 古风的, 旧式的, 过时的


  1. This jade dragon is a genuine antique.
    这件玉龙是真正的古玩。
  2. She wore an antique gown to the costume party.
    她穿着一件过时的长袍参加化妆舞会。
  3. The antique furniture was made in 1700.
    这件古老的家具是1700年制造的。


antique
[ noun ]
  1. an elderly man

  2. <noun.person>
  3. any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

  4. <noun.artifact>
[ verb ]
  1. shop for antiques

  2. <verb.possession>
    We went antiquing on Saturday
  3. give an antique appearance to

  4. <verb.change> antiquate
    antique furniture
[ adj ]
  1. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age

  2. <adj.all>
    the beautiful antique French furniture
  3. out of fashion

  4. <adj.all>
    a suit of rather antique appearance
    demode (or outmoded) attire
    outmoded ideas
  5. belonging to or lasting from times long ago

  6. <adj.all>
    age-old customs
    the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness


Antique \An*tique"\, n. [F. See {Antique}, a. ]
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a
relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique,
the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and
vases.

Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. --Byron.


Antique \An*tique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient,
equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue.
In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of
Greece and Rome.

For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
--Spenser.

2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of
time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
``Antique words.'' --Spenser.

3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of
Thomson's ``Castle of Indolence.''

4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written {antic}.]

Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned;
old. See {Ancient}.

  1. "We believe this will be the most historic auction of antique aircraft ever," museum President David Price said. "It's like mounting a Broadway show.
  2. Pennington was uncertain what he'll use the money for, beyond helping his family, but said he would have more time to indulge his hobby of collecting antique toys.
  3. Art nouveau glass vases and antique silver boxes are popular, he says.
  4. To find antique bridal dresses, she advises contacting the curator of a museum costume collection or a local antiques dealers' association, who would be likely to know costume specialists who handle these dresses.
  5. Ditto for the antique horse hair clipper, the 1928 Buick radiator cap, the table lamp mounted on a Uruguayan firefighter's helmet, and the tractor tire shoes with the words "love" and "peace" inscribed on the soles.
  6. Little shops offer brightly colored quilts and basketwork, antique dealers sell old pottery and elaborate Korean chests.
  7. Clive's wife Alicia Knatebull-Hugeson was a born collector, graduating from rabbits' front teeth at the age of nine to the antique furniture, splendid pictures and armorially bound books which forms such features of Parham.
  8. One London-based private banker, pointing to stacks of telexes that cover his antique Sheraton desk, says he has never before seen so many people wanting accounts.
  9. Babinsky and his associates were accused of paying bribes, giving away art work and antique furniture and arranging sex parties in order to attract development aid to Dolni Kubin, a mountainous agricultural region near the Polish border.
  10. The Casa Grande Municipal Airport was the site this weekend of the 31st annual Cactus Fly-in, which features antique and experimental aircraft, but it was not known if the collision involved planes from the event.
  11. A district official in North Rhine-Westphalia has been accused of embezzling $4.7 million to buy antique cars, toy soldiers and teddy bears, authorities said.
  12. More modest investments are available in antique woodwinds, like flutes, oboes and recorders.
  13. On Chicken Street, the main venue for foreigners and the wealthy, merchants sell everything from centuries-old carpets and antique muskets to Swiss watches and German beer.
  14. "Another emergency," said the cathedral's clerk of works, his dark hair powdered with the dust of antique stone.
  15. With grandma's body lying in the parlor, more and more resembling just another piece of antique furniture, her children and grandchildren play out the changes affecting the wider world among themselves.
  16. In the sitting room off his office, an antique clock has stopped and burnt-out lightbulbs remain in the chandelier.
  17. The San Francisco cast is careful, as one should be when handling an antique, but the piece is actually a fake.
  18. But for most visitors, the museum's main attraction is the cars: antique passenger sedans, vintage racers and ground-hugging 500 speedsters.
  19. It houses a number of Paris' most fashionable shopping areas, art galleries and antique dealers, as well as the tiny Musee Delacroix and Eglise Saint-Germain, famous for its choral concerts. 5. CHAMPS-ELYSEES.
  20. Acres of office space here are joining paintings and antique desks under the gavel.
  21. The art works and antiques, ranging from the $2 million vase to 16 antique pocket watches, have a total value of $3.5 million, according to the FBI.
  22. Others, such as Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," are less antique but no less memorable.
  23. The relentless hunt for quality is more than ever the central theme of the antique and period jewellery market. Last year was a turning point for fine jewellery at auction.
  24. "You can do $300 a day, easy," said English, who formerly pushed the antique wicker chairs.
  25. SPECTACLE The Great Circus Parade, Milwaukee: Actor Ernest Borgnine leads this colorful procession of marching bands, animals, clowns and beautifully restored antique circus wagons on a four-mile route through downtown.
  26. Mr. Pfitzinger more than doubled his money on an antique fire engine.
  27. But they and the others in the cast also had to find an acting style that would include a basis in the antique, a strong whiff of Berlioz's mature romanticism and his goal of finding a grandiose alternative to Wagner.
  28. Mrs. Muller visited antique shops and second-hand stores, hoping to find some of the missing items.
  29. But how can you have a meaningful debate when the country has no faith in the politicians?' she says. 'Thank God for Brussels,' says an antique dealer.
  30. An afternoon could be devoted to antique silver, tapestries, glass, clothing or a combination of things.
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