Word · Frequency #24982
Fully loadedolden
/əuldn/
adjective
古时的；从前的
long past
多用于 olden days/times 等搭配，属文学或旧式用语。
- 1.
From or relating to a previous era.
过去的；古代的。
过去的；古代的。；古时的；从前的
In use
In the olden days, people traveled by horse and carriage.
My grandmother often tells us stories about life in olden times.
The castle looks like it came straight from an olden fairy tale.
olden + noun
olden 是形容词，常作定语，修饰表示时间的名词，如 days、times。
The museum has tools from olden times.
这家博物馆有古时候的工具。
in olden + noun
in olden + 名词（常用 days）作时间状语，表示“从前、古代”。
In olden days, people used candles for light.
从前，人们用蜡烛照明。
Common mistakes
In olden time, people wrote letters by hand.
Connections
Collocations
- olden days
- 古时候；往昔
- In olden days, people traveled by horse and cart.古时候，人们骑马或坐马车出行。
- olden times
- 古代；旧时
- The castle dates back to olden times.这座城堡可以追溯到古代。
- in olden days
- 在古时
- In olden days, letters took weeks to arrive.在古时，信件要几周才能送达。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the olden days
- 古时候，往昔In the olden days, stories were passed down orally.在古时候，故事是通过口头相传的。
Pop culture & quotes
- In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking.
- 在过去的日子里，惊鸿一瞥的长袜曾被视为令人震惊的事。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
olden 由 old 加 -en 组成，想象 old 老上加老，就是“古时的、从前的”那个久远年代。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、怀旧叙述 olden 多用于文学作品或怀旧语境，常出现在 olden days/olden times 等搭配中，日常口语较少用。
Grammar Note
作动词时，及物用法意为‘使衰老’，不及物用法意为‘变老’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with golden, embolden, beholden (all end with /-əʊldən/). Older and old are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme: older is /-əʊldə/ and old is /-əʊld/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.