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Elizabethan

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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E·liz·a·be·than /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθən◂/ adjective  SHrelating to the period 1558–1603 when Elizabeth I was queen of England 〔英国女王〕伊丽莎白一世时代的 Elizabethan drama 伊丽莎白一世时代的戏剧Elizabethan noun [countable] The Earl of Essex was a famous Elizabethan. 埃塞克斯伯爵是伊丽莎白一世时代的一位名流。
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ElizabethanPart of the present farmhouse is Elizabethan.The second Elizabethan Age had slumped into depression.This should have been plainly ridiculous to the Elizabethan audience.The position of Spenser's Elizabethan gentleman is revealed to be a precarious one.Mainly Elizabethan house with walls of Norman Castle.Shakespeare wrote Elizabethan profanity into his plays.In the longer term, it was Reformed rather than Lutheran theology that came to dominate Elizabethan Protestantism.
the period when to 1558–1603 Elizabeth relating Corpus


Elizabethan
Elizabethan /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθən◂/ adjective
relating to the period 1558–1603 when Elizabeth I was queen of England:
    Elizabethan drama
—Elizabethan noun [countable]:
    The Earl of Essex was a famous Elizabethan.


Eliza·bethanBrE /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθn/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθn/ 🔊 adjectiveconnected with the time when Queen Elizabeth I was queen of England (1558–1603) 伊丽莎白女王一世时代的 Eliza·bethan nounShakespeare was an Elizabethan. 莎士比亚是伊丽莎白女王一世时代的人。🔊🔊