Čo znamená ancient v angličtine a aká je definícia ancient?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť ancient výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

ancient Význam & definícia

0 of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time:
- ancient civilizations/rights/laws
- ancient monuments/ruins/woodlands
- the ancient kingdoms of Mexico
- People have lived in this valley since ancient times.
- History, ancient and modern, has taught these people an intense distrust of their neighbours.
- He's got an ancient laptop.
- the ancient Egyptians/Greeks/Romans
- The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
1 of or from a very long time ago:
- Archaeologists study the remains of ancient civilizations.
- This computer is ancient – I’ve got to get a new one.

The ancient people of this area worshipped a huge bronze idol in the shape of an elephant.
In ancient Rome, captured generals were paraded through the streets in chairs.
As a consequence of expansionism by some European countries, many ancient cultures have suffered.
Mr Graham was amazed to find 46 ancient gold coins inside the pot.
The ancient skull of Peking Man has been pieced together from fragments.
No looking back to the ancients for authority and reassurance here.
The ancients customarily drank wine cut with water, and this water was often warm.
The ancients already located the interpretation of geometrical diagrams in the imagination because it brings diagrammatic images before reason.