antique

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˌanˈtiːk/    /ˌænˈtik/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In general, anything very old; specifically:; An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
  2. In general, anything very old; specifically:; An object of ancient times.
  3. In general, anything very old; specifically:; The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art. singular
  4. In general, anything very old; specifically:; An old person. derogatory,figuratively,mildly
  5. In general, anything very old; specifically:; A man of ancient times. obsolete
    — They supposed that they had seene those most beutyfull Dryades, or the natyue nymphes or fayres of the fountaynes whereof the antiques spake so muche.
  6. A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
  7. Synonym of antic, specifically:; Grotesque entertainment; an antic. obsolete
    — […] I do implore secretie, that the King would haue me present the Princesse (sweete chuck) with some delightfull ostentation, or show, or pageant, or antique, or fierworke : […]
  8. Synonym of antic, specifically:; A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To search or shop for antiques. intransitive
    — Once our daughter-in-love, Janis, went antiquing with us because she and our firstborn, Matthew, were in the market for some bedroom furniture.
  2. To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way. transitive
  3. To emboss without gilding. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
    — […] Phillip the younger issue of the king, / Coting the other hill in such arraie, / That all his guilded vpright pikes do seeme, / Streight trees of gold, the pendant leaues, / And their deuice of Antique heraldry, / Quartred in collours seeming sundy fruits, / Makes it the Orchard of the Hesperides, […]
  2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
    — Some traditions of this antiquer system may have passed into Van Eyck's method, from distemper into oil, and thence downwards, gradually more vague, into the modern process, till they at length disappeared altogether about Rubens's time.
  3. Designating a style of type.
  4. Embossed without gilt.
  5. Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”).
  6. Synonym of antic, specifically obsolete
  7. Synonym of antic, specifically:; Fantastic, odd, wild, antic. obsolete

词形变化

antiquer comparative antiquest superlative antic alternative,archaic antick alternative,obsolete anticke alternative,obsolete antiq. alternative,abbreviation antiques plural antic alternative,archaic antick alternative,obsolete anticke alternative,obsolete antiq. alternative,abbreviation antiques present,singular,third-person antiquing participle,present antiqued participle,past antiqued past antic alternative,archaic antick alternative,obsolete anticke alternative,obsolete antiq. alternative,abbreviation

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.
词源 2
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.
词源 3
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.
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