medieval
英 [ˌmediˈi:vl]美 [,midɪ'ivəl]
adj. 中世纪的;原始的;仿中世纪的;老式的
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中文词源
medieval 中世纪的(约公元1400年到1450年)
med-,中间,词源同middle,-ev,时期,年代,词源同age,longevity.用于指欧洲的中世纪。
英语词源
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).
权威例句
1. The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
这所房子是典型的中世纪民居。
2. The East Window is a wonder of medieval glazing.
东窗是中世纪玻璃安装工艺的奇迹。
3. I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
我还以为这是中世纪的酷刑,早已令人庆幸地不复存在了.
4. Marriages in medieval Europe were customarily arranged by the families.
在中世纪的欧洲,婚姻通常是由双方的家庭安排的。
5. a medieval ballad about a knight and a lady
一首关于骑士和贵族小姐的中世纪谣曲
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