archaic

archaic音标

英 [ɑ:ˈkeɪɪk]

美 [ɑ:rˈkeɪɪk]

archaic基本释义

adj.已不通用的；古老的；古代的

archaic用法及例句

adj

1. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

e.g. archaic forms of lifeprimitive mammalsthe okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe

Synonym: primitive

2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

e.g. a ramshackle antediluvian tenementantediluvian ideasarchaic laws

Synonym: antediluvianantiquated

1. 古老的;过时的;陈旧的Archaic means extremely old or extremely old-fashioned.

e.g. ...archaic laws that are very seldom used...已很少采用的过时法律e.g. 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。

1.

1. 古老的：Archaian 古代的 | archaic 古老的 | archaism 古语

2. 古代的：ancestor 祖先 | archaic 古代的 | Komodo dragon 科摩多龙

近义词

临近词

antique古代的

old老的

antediluvian大洪水前的

ancient古老的

out-of-date老式的

out出

prehistoric史前的

dated过时的

behind the times落在时代后面的(过时的...

Old-Fashioned老式的

primitive原始的

outmoded过时的

outdated旧式的

antiquated陈旧的

archaic words

archaic art

archaic word

archbishop

archaic poem

archaic music

archaicism

archaic laws

archaic state

archaic age

archaeology

archaic map

相关列句

With archaic humans, culture changed very slowly.(对于古人类，文化变化得非常缓慢。)

The most radical say, as the Palestinians do, that the idea of an ethnically based state is racist and archaic.(就像巴勒斯坦一样，*激进的分子认为，种族国家的观念是种族论的，是落伍的。)

Amid the haze of sawdust, which seems to be enveloping everyone in the room, a team of workers stands over a series of archaic machines.(弥漫满屋子的木屑之中，一群工人监看着一排陈旧的机器。)

The explanation could be as simple as they didn't expect peoplein the 21st century to still be obsessed with their archaic calendar.(这种解释跟玛雅人并不指望21世界的人们仍然迷恋他们古老历法的说法一样简单。)

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。)

Because the only way to explain was by recovering the black box — an archaic device on its way to obsolescence but not there yet.(因为飞机的失事只能由刚打捞的黑匣子解释--这种古老的设备早晚会过时。)

Neanderthals, our ancestors and other archaic human species probably overlapped.(尼安德特人，我们的祖先智人，以及其他远古的人种们的历史可能会有交集。)

The real problem is that globalisation has rendered the current system of taxing multinationals archaic.(真正症结在于全球化将现行的跨国企业征税制度变得非常陈旧。)

But this archaic system may be poised to change.(但这个古老的系统有可能被改变。)

The recitation is an old, archaic, New England term.(背诵课是旧式的陈旧的新英格兰的用语。)