antique
英 [æn'tiːk]
美 [æn'tik]
- adj.古代の、年季の入った; 時代遅れの、骨董品; 古風な、アンティーク風
- n. 骨董品、骨董品; アンティーク?スタイル、古代ギリシャ?ローマ美術様式
- vi. アンティークの買い物をする
英語の語源
- antique
- antique: [16] Originally, in Latin, antique was an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix -īcus, to produce the adjective antīquus (somewhat later an exactly parallel formation, using the suffix -ānus rather than -īcus, produced the adjective which became English ancient).
English acquired the word either via French antique or directly from Latin. To begin with, and until relatively recently, it meant simply ‘ancient’, or specifically ‘of the ancient world’; it was only towards the end of the 18th century that the modern sense ‘made long ago and therefore collectable’ began to become established. In Italian, antico (from Latin antīquus) was often applied to grotesque carvings found in ancient remains.
It was borrowed into English in the 16th century as an adjective, antic, meaning ‘bizarre’, but also as a noun, usually used in the plural, in the sense ‘absurd behaviour’.
=> ancient, antic - antique (adj.)
- 1530s, "aged, venerable," from Middle French antique "old" (14c.), from Latin antiquus (later anticus) "ancient, former, of olden times; old, long in existence, aged; venerable; old-fashioned," from PIE *anti in sense of "before" (see ante) + *okw- "appearance" (see eye (n.)). Originally pronounced in English like its parallel antic, but French pronunciation and spelling were adopted from c. 1700.
- antique (n.)
- "an old and collectible thing," 1771, from antique (adj.).
- antique (v.)
- "to give an antique appearance to," 1896, from antique (adj.). Related: Antiqued; antiquing.
例文
- 1. He finds material at auctions， antique shops and flea markets.
- 彼は競売店、骨董店、フリーマーケットで宝探しをしている。
- 2.They are available in polished brass， antique brass or silver-plate.
- それらにはダミー銅、古銅、銀めっきがある。
- 3.Windsor Castle is quite literally an antique treasure trave.
- ウィンザー城はまさに名実ともに古物の宝物です。
- 4.He claimed he ploughed all his money into his antique business.
- 彼はすべてのお金を自分の骨董品ビジネスに投資したと主張している。
- 5.He wears designer clothes and drives an antique car.
- 有名デザイナーがデザインした服を着てアンティークカーを運転している。
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