classical
['klæsɪkl.]
a. 古典, 正统派, 典

[医] 古典; 标准, 典型

1. I prefer classical music to pop music.
   喜欢古典音，喜欢流音。
2. He is regarded as one of the classical composers in this century.
   被流。
3. Classical scientific ideas about light were changed by Einstein.
   斯坦改传统念。

classical
[ noun ]

1. traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

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[ adj ]

1. of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture

<adj.all>
classic Cinese pottery

2. of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

<adj.pert>
a classical scholar

3. of recognized authority or excellence

<adj.all>
the definitive work on Greece
classical methods of navigation

4. (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors

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classical Greek

5. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures

<adj.all>
classical mythology

Classic \Clas"sic\ (kl[a^]s"s[i^]k), Classical \Clas"sic*al\, a.
[L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people,
and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank,
superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See {Class},
n.]
1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in
literature or art.

Give, as thy last memorial to the age,
One classic drama, and reform the stage. --Byron.

Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical
author on this subject [Roman weights and coins].
--Arbuthnot.

2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to
Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the
period when their best literature was produced; of or
pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and
Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. --Mrs.
Hemans.

The epithet classical, as applied to ancient
authors, is determined less by the purity of their
style than by the period at which they wrote.
--Brande & C.

He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the
undergraduates of his college. --Macaulay.

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art;
chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.

Classical, provincial, and national synods.
--Macaulay.

{Classicals orders}. (Arch.) See under {Order}.