1 belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past 古代的:
ancient history/civilization古代史/文明the ancient world古代世界ancient Rome/Greece古罗马/希腊
2 very old 非常老的;年迈的:
I can't believe he's only 30 -- he looks ancient!他的样子那么老,我不相信他只有30岁!
ancient/ˋenʃənt; ˈeInʃ$nt/adj 1 belonging to a time in history that was thousands of years ago 古代的: ancient Rome 古罗马see box at见 OLD 方框2 humorous very old【幽默】很老的: I look absolutely ancient in that photograph! 我的那张照片真是太显老了!