an‧cient 1 W2 / eɪnʃ ə nt / 形容词

1 belonging to a time long ago in history, especially thousands of years ago 反义词 modern :

the ancient civilizations of Asia

ancient Greece/Egypt/Rome

the religion of ancient Egypt

2 having existed for a very long time 反义词 new :

an ancient walled city

an ancient forest

the ancient art of calligraphy

3 very old – used humorously :

That photo makes me look ancient!

4 ancient history

a) the history of ancient societies, such as Greece or Rome :

a professor of ancient history

b) informal if you say that something is ancient history, you mean that it happened a long time ago and is not important now :

It’s all ancient history and I’m not upset any more.