Grecian means from ancient Greece, or having a look that people think of as typical of ancient Greece — calm faces in old statues, a straight nose, white columns, loose flowing clothes.

Grecian古希臘的 means的意思是 from ancient Greece來自古希臘, or having a look或是帶有一種樣貌 that people think of as typical of ancient Greece人們認為是典型古希臘的 — calm faces in old statues舊雕像裡平靜的臉, a straight nose筆直的鼻子, white columns白色的柱子, loose flowing clothes寬鬆飄逸的衣服。

It is not the usual word for “from Greece today”. For a person or thing from the modern country, we say Greek.

It is它 not the usual word不是常用的說法 for “from Greece today”「來自今天的希臘」的。For a person or thing from the modern country要說現代這個國家的人或東西, we say我們會說 GreekGreek。

Grecian feels older and more like a word from books: a Grecian urn, a Grecian nose, a Grecian style of dress. You meet it in poems, in talk about art, and in slightly fancy descriptions.

Grecian這個字給人的感覺 feels older and more like a word from books比較老派、比較像書裡的用詞: a Grecian urna Grecian urn（希臘式的甕）, a Grecian nosea Grecian nose（希臘式的鼻子）, a Grecian style of dressa Grecian style of dress（希臘風格的服裝）。You meet it你會看到它 in poems在詩裡, in talk about art談藝術的話題裡, and還有 in slightly fancy descriptions稍微華麗的描述裡。

Though actually, what later Europe called “Grecian” is often a tidy picture of ancient Greece, cleaner than real life in those old cities. As a noun, “a Grecian” once meant a Greek person, but that now sounds old-fashioned.

Though actually不過, what later Europe called “Grecian”後來歐洲所說的「Grecian」 is往往是 often a tidy picture of ancient Greece一幅整理過的古希臘畫面, cleaner than real life in those old cities比那些古城真實的生活還要乾淨。As a noun當名詞用時, “a Grecian”「a Grecian」 once meant曾經指 a Greek person希臘人, but但 that now sounds old-fashioned現在聽起來很老派。