英语词汇“antebellum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective antebellum to describe something that happened before the American Civil War. You could talk about touring a historic antebellum plantation house in Georgia, for example.

When historians describe the time before the Civil War, they call it "the antebellum period." The southern United States at that time is often called "the antebellum South." You might describe a plantation, an antique dress, or other artifacts of that historical period as antebellum. Officially, the word antebellum can describe the time just before any war, but it's usually used in reference to the Civil War. It comes from the Latin phrase ante bellum, literally "before the war."

WORD FAMILY

antebellum

USAGE EXAMPLES

The hotel, built in 1837, is the only surviving riverfront antebellum hotel in the Southeast, according to the Alabama Department of Tourism’s websites.

Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016)

Chapter three, titled “The Planter,” deals with the other key actors of the antebellum economy: The slave-owning class itself.

Slate(Dec 07, 2016)

This passage too, from the first chapter, illustrates something very important about the relationship of black labor to white labor in antebellum America.

Slate(Dec 01, 2016)

adj belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

Syn

nonmodern

not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time

单词	antebellum
释义	antebellum (once / 29475 pages) adj Use the adjective antebellum to describe something that happened before the American Civil War. You could talk about touring a historic antebellum plantation house in Georgia, for example. When historians describe the time before the Civil War, they call it "the antebellum period." The southern United States at that time is often called "the antebellum South." You might describe a plantation, an antique dress, or other artifacts of that historical period as antebellum. Officially, the word antebellum can describe the time just before any war, but it's usually used in reference to the Civil War. It comes from the Latin phrase ante bellum, literally "before the war." WORD FAMILY antebellum USAGE EXAMPLES The hotel, built in 1837, is the only surviving riverfront antebellum hotel in the Southeast, according to the Alabama Department of Tourism’s websites. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) Chapter three, titled “The Planter,” deals with the other key actors of the antebellum economy: The slave-owning class itself. Slate(Dec 07, 2016) This passage too, from the first chapter, illustrates something very important about the relationship of black labor to white labor in antebellum America. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) adj belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War Syn nonmodern not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
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