archaic

英 [ɑːˈkeɪɪk]

美 [ɑːrˈkeɪɪk]

adj.  古体的; 已不通用的; 早已过时的; 陈旧的; 古代的; 早期的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 古体的；已不通用的
  old and no longer used
  1. ‘Thou art’ is an archaic form of ‘you are’.
     thou art是you are的古体。
• 早已过时的；陈旧的
  very old-fashioned
  1. The system is archaic and unfair and needs changing.
     这个制度早已过时而且不公平，需要改变。
• 古代的；早期的
  from a much earlier or ancient period of history
  1. archaic art
     古代艺术

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 古老的;过时的;陈旧的
  Archaicmeans extremely old or extremely old-fashioned.
  1. ...archaic laws that are very seldom used...
     已很少采用的过时法律
  2. Archaic practices such as these are usually put forward by people of limited outlook.
     视野狭隘的人通常会提出类似于这些的陈腐做法。
  3. ...archaic sculpture and porcelain.
     古老的雕塑和瓷器

英英释义

adj

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
  1. archaic forms of life
  2. primitive mammals
  3. the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
  Synonym:primitive
• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  1. a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
  2. antediluvian ideas
  3. archaic laws
  Synonym:antediluvianantiquated

双语例句

• I have no interest in being a debutante. it's totally archaic.
  我对社交亮相没兴趣，太老土了。
• Although this is good, it is become archaic or old.
  尽管这不错，但那已经过时了。
• The same dispute exists with Homo erectus, Homo sapiens archaic and homo sapiens sapiens.
  存在同样的争议与直立人，智人古老和智人智人。
• The meaning of some archaic forms of writing is not always well understood today.
  有些古代文字的意义在今天并非都能理解清楚。
• ( archaic) like or relating to a prostitute.
  （古）象妓女或与妓女有关。
• My emotional type is archaic.
  我的这种感情类型已经陈旧过时了。
• And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.
  没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。
• Imitative of an archaic style or manner.
  对古老的风格或者样式的模仿。
• The legal conceptions of archaic age of the Greeks are known to us through the epic works of Homer and the poetry of hesiod.
  我们是通过荷马的史诗和海希奥德的诗歌了解古希腊人的法律思想的。
• The analysis adds new twists to prevailing notions about archaic human history.
  这方面的分析给现在流行的关于古人类历史的说法添加了新的花样。