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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- classical [ 'klæsɪkl] [ 'klæsɪkəl]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- classical ['klæsɪkəl]
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1.
adj
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans or their civilization, esp in the period of their ascendancy
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2.
adj
designating, following, or influenced by the art or culture of ancient Greece or Rome
- classical architecture
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3.
adj
[music]
of, relating to, or denoting any music or its period of composition marked by stability of form, intellectualism, and restraint - Compare romantic
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4.
adj
accepted as a standard
- the classical suite
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5.
adj
denoting serious art music in general - Compare pop
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6.
adj
[music]
of or relating to a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form
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7.
adj
denoting or relating to a style in any of the arts characterized by emotional restraint and conservatism - See classicism
- a classical style of painting
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8.
adj
well versed in the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome
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9.
adj
(of an education) based on the humanities and the study of Latin and Greek
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10.
adj
[physics]
not involving the quantum theory or the theory of relativity
- classical mechanics
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11.
adj
obeying the laws of Newtonian mechanics or 19th-century physics
- a classical gas
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12.
adj
another word for classic
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13.
adj
(of a logical or mathematical system) according with the law of excluded middle, so that every statement is known to be either true or false even if it is not known which
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1.
adj
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans or their civilization, esp in the period of their ascendancy
Examples
- the classical accent of a pillar
- 柱子的古典特色 → accent
- Symphonies,concertos,sonatas,etc. are called classical music.
- 交响乐、协奏曲、奏鸣曲等被称为古典(派)音乐。 [区别于 popular, romantic, modern] → classical
- classical political science
- 正统的政治学 → classical
- He hates this particular piece of classical music.
- 他特别讨厌这段古典乐。
- The I Century is considered a Classical Era.
- 一世纪被视为古典时代。 → i
- This music combined modern jazz and classical concert music.
- 这种音乐将现代爵士乐和古典音乐融合在一起。 → modern
- She is one of the brightest hopes of the classical music.
- 她是古典音乐界最有前途的一个新星。
- classical music
- 古典音乐 → music
- There was classical music playing in the background.
- 古典音乐正作为背景音乐播放。 → play
- a statue after classical models → after
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