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The very distant past, especially the time of ancient civilizations like Greece, Rome, or Egypt - historians use "antiquity" to talk about that whole era in a formal way. "Antiquities" (with an s) means old objects from that time, like statues or pottery, often the kind kept in museums.
古代、上古時期；antiquities（複數）指古物、文物。
組成From "antique" (old) + -ity (noun ending).
同家族的字
- antiquethe adjective/noun for something old, which antiquity is built from
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Antiquityname
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The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
antiquitynoun/ænˈtɪk.wɪ.ti/
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Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
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The people of ancient times.
- That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed.
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obsoleteAn old gentleman.
- You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
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historyhuman-sciencessciencesThe historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
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A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq.
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The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
- He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。