old-time
old-time — 形容詞
1. connected with or reminding people of a past era, especially one that is seen as
復古；懷舊
描述過去時代的人事物
connected with or reminding people of a past era, especially one that is seen as simpler, more traditional, or more charming than today.
Ayesha learned to bake bread using her grandfather's old-time recipe from the 1950s.
Ayesha 用祖父傳下來的 1950 年代復古食譜學會了烤麵包。
always before a noun
The café in the old town plays old-time music on a record player every Sunday.
老城區的那家咖啡館每週日用黑膠唱片機播放懷舊音樂。
Sven collects old-time photographs of his city from the days before cars filled every street.
Sven 收集他所住城市的老照片，那些照片來自汽車還沒有塞滿每條街的年代。
Children at the cultural fair enjoyed old-time games like sack races and egg-and-spoon competitions.
文化園遊會上，孩子們玩了許多復古遊戲，比如麻袋賽跑和湯匙運蛋比賽。
Mira decorated her kitchen with old-time tools and wooden bowls that her grandmother had used.
Mira 用祖母用過的復古工具和木碗來裝飾她的廚房。
- old-fashioned
more common in everyday speech; can describe anything that is no longer modern
- vintage
suggests high quality and desirability of the older item, often used for clothes, cars, or wine
- traditional
focuses on customs and ways of doing things that have been passed down, not necessarily old in time
- modern
typical of the present time, not the past
- contemporary
belonging to the current period, often used for art, design, or ideas
文法句型
old-time + noun
用法筆記
Always used before a noun — you cannot say 'the recipe is old-time'. The compound is hyphenated even when it appears before the noun it modifies.