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

• 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。
• But you may remember that even that old and archaic technology did quite well in our tests.
  但你可能会记得，即使是老的，陈旧的技术也不错，在我们的测试。
• Shaanxi is one of the Chinese archaic civilized origins which has a long history.
  陕西省是中国古代文明发祥之一，有悠久的历史。
• 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。
• ( archaic) you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal-Shakespeare.
  （古旧用法）你太罗嗦了，都让我忘记了女人是怎么样的了&莎士比亚。
• There are modern buildings and archaic buildings in Beijing.
  在北京有许多现代的和古老的建筑。
• Primitive and archaic religion in China
  中国原始宗教和古代宗教
• ( archaic) burned brown by the sun.
  （古旧用法）被太阳晒了的褐色。
• 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。
• ( archaic) like or relating to a prostitute.
  （古）象妓女或与妓女有关。