1640s, from Latin Augustanus, "pertaining to Augustus (Caesar)," whose reign was connected with "the palmy period of Latin literature" [OED]; hence, "period of purity and refinement in any national literature" (1712).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The Augustan age of English literature includes the writers Dryden, Swift and Pope.
在英國(guó)文學(xué)的全盛時(shí)期里有德萊頓 、 斯威夫特和蒲柏等文豪.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. This course features a number of downloadable readings and a selective chronology of events Augustan Rome.