After at least eight rings, an ancient-sounding maid answered the phone.
电话至少八声后，一位听上去很老的女仆接了。
The town is notable for its ancient harbour.
这座小镇因其古老的港口而出名。
The Tel, an artificial mountain, entombs Jericho's ancient past.
人造的泰勒山埋藏着赫里科古老的过去。
These ancient ceremonies propitiate the spirits of the waters.
这些古老的仪式平息水中神灵的怒气。
Ludo is a version of an ancient Indian racing game.
“鲁多游戏”是一种古代印度竞赛游戏的变体。
These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.
新道路开发可能对这些古老的林地造成破坏。
This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals.
这是最古老、最神圣的神道教仪式。
The Order of the Garter is an ancient order of chivalry.
嘉德勋位是古老的骑士勋位。
The mathematics of ancient Egypt were based on a decimal system.
古埃及数学以十进制为基础。
She has tried to superimpose her own attitudes onto this ancient story.
她想把自己的看法加入这个古老的故事里。
He has attracted much interest by setting ancient religious texts to music.
他为古代宗教经文谱曲，引起了很多人的兴趣。
The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn.
中美洲和拉丁美洲的古代文明社会是建立在玉米之上的。
The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
古战场的布局从高处清晰可见。
The pyramids are an eloquent testimony to the ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.
金字塔是古埃及人非凡工程技术的明鉴。
The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.
该大陆地壳最古老的那些部分有40亿年了。
The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt.
现代猫的直系物种原型是古代埃及的卡菲尔猫。
The republic's new flag was emblazoned with the ancient symbol of the Greek Macedonian dynasty.
这面共和国的新旗帜上纹有希腊马其顿王朝的古老标志。
The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern.
这次旅行可望是一次古典与现代风格的不寻常的组合。
He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture.
他是世界上最优秀的古印度文化学者之一。
The ancient Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives.
古埃及人把天堂视为他们现实生活的理想形式。
The ancient province of Satsuma lies in the southernmost part of the Japanese island of Kyushu.
古代萨驽马省地处日本九州岛的最南边。
Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
民主制度创始于古希腊吗？
Each one of these ancient towns is hauntingly beautiful.
这些古镇每一座都是那样令人难忘得美丽。
His poems are sprinkled with quotations from ancient Greek.
他的诗歌不时穿插有古希腊引文。
The temple is one of the glories of ancient Greece.
这座庙宇是古希腊的一大骄傲。
They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
他们认为古希腊和古罗马是至关重要的知识来源。
The guide conducted us around the ruins of the ancient city.
导游引导我们游览了古城遗迹。
It's an old building, but that doesn't qualify it as an ancient monument!
这是一座老建筑，但不足以称为古迹。
Oedipus, according to ancient Greek legend, killed his father and committed incest with his mother.
据古希腊传说，俄狄浦斯杀死了父亲并与母亲乱伦。
The ancient pagoda is undergoing repairs.
那座古塔正在修缮中。
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