antediluvian

英 [ˌæntidɪˈluːviən]

美 [ˌæntidɪˈluːviən]

adj.  早已过时的; 十分老式的

GRE

BNC.39437 / COCA.36562

牛津词典

adj.

• 早已过时的；十分老式的
  very old-fashioned

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 古老的；陈旧的；过时的
  Antediluvianthings are old or old-fashioned.
  1. ...antediluvian attitudes to women.
     看待女性的旧观念

英英释义

noun

• a very old person
  Synonym:ancient
• any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
  Synonym:antediluvian patriarch

adj

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  1. a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
  2. antediluvian ideas
  3. archaic laws
  Synonym:antiquatedarchaic
• of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  1. antediluvian man
  Synonym:antediluvial

双语例句

• The Chinese language itself is essentially antediluvian, and to overtake it requires the lifetime of a Methusaleh.
  中国语言本身，在本质上也是大洪水前的，需要玛士撒拉用一辈子的时间去学习。
• In the spring there was the guy12 years older than me who shared an apartment overlooking Tompkins Square Park with an antediluvian man who walked around in graying long underwear.
  到了今天春天是一个比我年长12岁、和一位穿着褪色长内裤的“古风”派男子共住在一间俯视Tompkins广场公园的家伙。
• A ramshackle antediluvian tenement; antediluvian ideas; archaic laws.
  一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋；陈旧的思想；古代法律。
• Old women with antediluvian ideas still ruled the roost.
  思想落伍的老妪们仍在当家作主。
• These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
  对我而言，这些知识犹如开启上古世界宝藏的一把把钥匙。
• His ideas are positively antediluvian!
  他的思想是纯粹的老古董！
• Instead, all my efforts did was teach me exactly why the proud, antediluvian print-journalism companies are in financial trouble.
  相反，我付出的所有努力确切地让我明白为什么辉煌而古老的新闻出版公司会陷入金融困境。
• The arts of the Chu State is an antediluvian China's unique phenomenon with southern culture and artistic styles.
  楚美术是我国上古时期具有南方文化品格的艺术事象。
• As the footstone and an important part of the whole language system, the studies of common words are necessary conditions of exploring how to make the transition from the antediluvian Chinese to modern Chinese and how the modern Chinese build up.
  常用词是整个语言系统的基石、重要的组成部分，对它们的研究是探索上古汉语到近代汉语如何过渡、探索近代汉语的逐步形成过程的必然条件。
• After all, even the antediluvian computers then available had brought on a great deal of abuse from some who saw their jobs ( and their dignity) in jeopardy.
  毕竟即便那时候老掉牙的计算机都会引发感到自己的工作（和尊严）处于危险中的那些人们的谩骂。