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- n.古英语（约公元 1150 年前的英语，与现代英语差异很大）
- 网络古代英语；古英文；古英语时期
英汉双解
1. | 古英语（约公元 1150 年前的英语，与现代英语差异很大）the English language before about 1150, which is very different from modern English |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
It was one of those words that came with church-Latin to England before the arrival of French; that makes it Old English.
在法语侵入英语之前，这个词随着许多拉丁宗教词汇进入英格兰；在此过程中，它成了一个古英语词汇。
the old English lady decided to leave her property to her pet dog.
那个英国老太太决定由她心爱的宠物狗来继承财产。
The word was already being used in Old English and shows up in the written record about the year 1000.
这个词在古英语中已经存在，最早的文字记录在公元1000年左右。
Old English is extremely difficult to understand. Only a few experts can read this earliest form of English.
古英语极难理解。仅有少数几个专家能够读懂这种早期形式的英语。
Istanbul was a bit of a freaky game. Do you think this one is going to revert back to the dour old English-Italian one-goal-in-it affair?
伊斯坦布尔决赛有点偏离常规。你认为这一次将恢复到保守的英格兰-大利式一球决胜？
It has changed so much that there are almost no words said the same way today as in Old English.
它（词汇）变化如此之大，当今所用的词汇几乎没有一个是和古代英语表达一样的。
her, the old English lady decided to leave her property to her pet dog.
由于没有子女来继承她的财产，那个英国老太太决定由她心爱。
The church was one of those fine old English structures worth travelling to see.
那座教堂是那些古老壮观的英国建筑物之一，值得去参观。
When the word lord came into Old English more than a thousand years ago it held the meaning of someone who manages servants.
当单词lord在一千多年以前进入古英语的时候，它有“仆人管理者”的意思。
It was in the Old English translation of this Latin biography that we first get the word bitter.
后来，这部原文为拉丁语的传记有了古英语译本——从中，我们头一次碰到了单词bitter。
It was to their attacks upon, Settlements in, and final conquest of England that the Scandinavian influence upon Old English was due.
正是由于他们对英格兰的攻击、进驻和最终的征服导致了斯堪的那维亚语对英语的影响。
The word glass arrived with the oldest of Old English, because the manufacture of glass is one of the oldest of technologies.
单词glass（玻璃）和最古老的古英语一起出现，是由于玻璃制造是一项最古老的工艺。
Butter is an unusual word that appears to have come into English during the days of Old English but from Latin.
在古英语时代，从拉丁语进入英语的butter是个不寻常的单词。
Ann: The book was written in old English so that I can't read it very quickly, and you know, my vocabulary is even very small.
它是用古英文书写的所以我就读不快，而且你也知道，我的词汇量不大。
Grated carrots are used in carrot puddings, an old English dish thought to have originated in the early 19th century.
磨碎的胡萝卜做成胡萝卜布丁，这是一道古老的英国菜，据说起源于19世纪初。
Well not that exactly, but something, you know, old, English and elegant.
不一定非得是这个，而是那种，你知道，英格兰风格，古旧而雅致。
It, as most Old English words, came from Germanic and like the modern German word for squirrel essentially means "oak horn. "
正如大部分古英语词，它来自于日耳曼语，跟现代德语中松鼠这个词一样，实际上是“橡树喇叭”的意思。
In Old English the word weird meant "fate" so calling the witches the weird sisters was equivalent to calling them prophetic.
在古英语中，weird是命运的意思，所以把女巫们叫做weirdsisters就好比称她们为预言者。
And just as few traces of the less permanent Anglo-Saxon structures remain today, the same goes for Old English.
就像盎格鲁-撒克逊风格的老房子都已经无影无踪了一样，古英语也所剩无几。
Several written works have survived from the Old English period. Perhaps the most famous is called Beowulf .
在从古英语时代流传下来的一些著作中，最著名的或许就是《比奥武夫》。
Below you will find a list of the best sources of vitamins and minerals for the dietary requirements of an Old English Sheepdog .
你会发现下面列出的最佳来源，维生素和矿物质的饮食要求，一位英国牧羊犬。
An old English adage claims: 'Dogs looks up at you, cats looks down on you, but pigs is equal. '
一句英语谚语说：“狗仰视你，猫俯视你，只有猪平视你。”
Now, people would apparently rather read about a 22-year-old English builder who scoffed two bags of watercress in under a minute.
现在的人们却明显地更乐于读读一个22岁的英国人在不到一分钟内吃掉2包豆瓣菜所创造的吉尼斯世界纪录。
A gathering for the Old English Sheepdog club took place in Miaoli recently, where there were various kinds of amusing competitions.
日前在苗栗县有一场古代牧羊犬的家族聚会，进行各种趣味竞赛。
Old English was established as the language of the land by the tenth century.
到了10世纪，古英语作为这个国家的语言被确立下来。
But at the moment it's old English firm Twinings who seem most determined to sign her.
但是此刻，老牌茶水公司Twinings（唐宁茶）好像最有决心签下她。
So pick a spare afternoon and try your hand at making an old English favourite. I promise that your family will love you forever!
所以为啥不抽一下空闲的下午，手做一个英式传统最佳小包。我保证全家人都会因为这更爱你的。
In fact, a page of Old English is stranger than that of French of Italian, for it contains characters that are no longer used.
实际上，一页古英语比一页法语或意大利语都难懂，因为里面包含了不再被使用了的字符。
Old English did not sound or look like English today.
古英语的发音与书写与现在的英语并不一样。
Outside of the Beowulf Old English poetry of native tradition is represented by a number of shorter pieces.
除了《贝奥伍尔夫》之外，大量短篇的古英语诗歌描写了本国本土的传说。
a battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem.
丹麦人在991年战胜东撒克逊的一次战斗；用一首老的英语诗庆祝。
There is an old English saying: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
有一句英语的老话说：一天一个苹果，让医生远离你。
Old English and modern English spelling, pronunciation, whether in vocabulary and grammar are very different.
古英语和现代英语无论在读音、拼写、词汇和语法上都很不一样。
B. But I liked your old English teacher. She was smart .
但我喜欢你原来的英语老师。她很聪明。
Recently, labradors, golden retrievers, huskies, old English collis and toy poodles, all have become the stars of the dog world.
近来，拉不拉多、黄金猎犬、哈士奇、英国古代牧羊犬及玩具贵宾，都是人气当红的狗明星。
It definitely didn't come to English through French since the Old English citations predate the Norman Conquest.
但是可以肯定的是它绝非来源于法语，因为在古英语尚在是有时，诺曼征服的时代还未到来呢。
The differences of spelling and pronunciation that are important in one's first impression of Old English are really not very fundamental.
拼写和发音的差别是古英语给人的第一印象中比较重要的，但不是非常基本的。
When this language arrived, English moved away from Danish and Anglo-Saxon and passed from Old English into Middle English.
由于这种语言的到来，英语与先前的丹麦语和盎格鲁•撒克逊语渐离渐远，并从古英语过渡到中世纪英语。
Explain why the word order of Old English is more varied than that of Modern English.
为什么古英语的词序比现代英语灵活？
The common law offence is uncertain and confusing in its scope and elements and dependent upon old English law.
上述普通法罪名的范围及元素有欠明确，容易使人混淆，而且完全倚赖古老的英国法律。
