bygone

adjective
🔊/ˈbaɪɡɒn/
🔊/ˈbaɪɡɔːn/
[only before noun]
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  1. happening or existing a long time ago很久以前的;以往的
    • a bygone age/era一个过去的时代/历史时期
    • The family story was that, in bygone days, he had been a rich farmer in Australia.家庭的故事是,在过去的日子里,他曾经是澳大利亚的富农。
    • The horse and cart belongs to a bygone era.马车属于过去的时代。
    Topics Historyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBygone is used with these nouns:
    • age
    • era
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