bygone

/ˈbaɪɡɒn/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈaɪɡˌɔn] /ˈbaɪɡɔːn/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈaɪɡˌɔn] /ˈbī-ˌgȯn How to pronounce bygone (audio) also -ˌgän/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbaɪ.ɡɒn/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈaɪɡˌɔn] /ˈbaɪ.ɡɑːn/ (ame, ipa)

bygone — adjective

  • bygonepositive
  • more bygonecomparative
  • most bygonesuperlative

1. coming from a much earlier period and carrying the feeling of a world that has a

1.形容詞C1
釋義

coming from a much earlier period and carrying the feeling of a world that has already passed away.

例句

The cafe kept its tiled floor from a bygone tram era.

bygone + era noun

Old postcards showed the harbor during a bygone age of sail.

bygone + age

同義詞
  • former

    more neutral and factual, with less nostalgic colour

  • old

    broader and less literary; it does not always suggest a vanished period

  • long-gone

    stresses that the time has fully disappeared

反義詞
  • modern

    belonging to present-day life rather than an earlier age

  • current

    existing now, not from a vanished period

文法句型

bygone + era / age / world

from a bygone + noun phrase

用法筆記

Usually comes before a noun and often appears in reflective or literary writing. It suggests not only that something is old, but that it belongs to a way of life that has already ended.

常見錯誤

❌The museum shows a bygone from the city.
✅The museum shows objects from a bygone era of the city.
💡'bygone' is usually an adjective before a noun, not a noun in this meaning.

bygone — noun