antediluvian

antediluvian读音音标

英[ˌæntidɪˈlu:viən]

美[ˌæntɪdəˈluviən]

基本意思释义

adj.(<圣经>上说的)大洪水以前的; <口>非常古老的

短语及实用例句

His ideas are positively antediluvian!

他的思想是纯粹的老古董!

She was more than old - fashioned, she was antediluvian.

她何止是过时, 简直就是老古董.

英英释义

Noun

1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge

2. a very old (or old fashioned) person

Adjective

1. of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood;

\"Antediluvian man\"

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

\"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement\"

\"antediluvian ideas\"

\"archaic laws\"