historical/hIsˋtɔrIkḷ; hIˈstɒrIk$l/adj relating to people or things that happened or existed in the past 历史上的: a mixture of historical facts and fiction 史实和虚构的混合a town of great historical interest 历史名镇 —historically /-kḷI; -kli/adv : a historically significant discovery 一个历史上的重要发现