medieval
英[?medi?i:vl]
美[,mid?'iv?l]
- adj. 中世紀的；原始的；仿中世紀的；老式的
中文詞源
medieval 中世紀的（約公元1400年到1450年）
med-,中間，詞源同middle,-ev,時期，年代，詞源同age,longevity.用于指歐洲的中世紀。
英文詞源
- medieval
- medieval: see medium
- medieval (adj.)
- 1827, "pertaining to or suggestive of the Middle Ages," coined in English from Latin medium "the middle" (see medium (n.)) + aevum "age" (see eon).
雙語例句
- 1. The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
- 這所房子是典型的中世紀民居。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The East Window is a wonder of medieval glazing.
- 東窗是中世紀玻璃安裝工藝的奇跡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
- 我還以為這是中世紀的酷刑,早已令人慶幸地不復存在了.
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Marriages in medieval Europe were customarily arranged by the families.
- 在中世紀的歐洲，婚姻通常是由雙方的家庭安排的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a medieval ballad about a knight and a lady
- 一首關于騎士和貴族小姐的中世紀謠曲
來自《權威詞典》