medieval
英[ˌmediˈi:vl]
美[,midɪ'ivəl]
- adj. 中世纪的；原始的；仿中世纪的；老式的
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。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
- 这所房子是典型的中世纪民居。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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
来自《权威词典》