belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;
"ancient history"
"ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"
"ancient Greece"
very old;
"an ancient mariner"
双语例句
1. The debates about ancientness and modernness between Minturno and Cinthio in the Italian Renaissance and seven men of letters in the Ming Dynasty of China are the two typical ones.
2. The debates about ancientness and modernness between Minturno and Cinthio in the Italian Renaissance and seven men of letters in the Ming Dynasty of China are the two typical ones.