a.[Z]

1. 标准的；极好的
   a classical authority

   第一流的权威

2. 古典的（指古希腊、罗马文学、艺术等）；古典作家（或艺术家等）的
   classical literature

   古典文学

3. 精通古典文学艺术的
4. 古典派的；古雅的
   a classical design

   古雅的设计

5. 【音】古典的
   She prefers pop music and jazz to classical music.

   较之古典音乐她更喜欢流行音乐与爵士音乐。

6. 经典的；传统的，正统的

adj.

1. relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
   ▸(of art or architecture) influenced by ancient Greek or Roman forms or principles.
2. (of a form of art or a language) representing an exemplary standard within a traditional and long-established form or style:
   a classical ballet.
   ▸(of music) of traditional and long-established form or style or (more specifically) written in the European tradition during a period lasting approximately from 1750 to 1830, when forms such as the symphony were standardized.
3. relating to the first significant period of an area of study:
   classical Marxism.
   ▸Physics  relating to or based upon concepts and theories which preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics; Newtonian.