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

• 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。
• Therefore, it is very important for us that the archaic town's conservation and planning research.
  因此，历史古镇的保护与规划研究在我国是十分重要和必要的。
• 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。
• As archaic Athens, the origin of Xia dynasty is one of the most pure and typical forms.
  同古雅典国家的起源一样，夏王国的起源也是国家起源的另一种最纯粹、最典型的形式。
• ( archaic) like or relating to a prostitute.
  （古）象妓女或与妓女有关。
• The archaic images of God comprise sacralized violence in order to contain unclean and illegitimate violence;
  古老的上帝形象包含了神圣化的暴力，目的是为了遏止污秽的和不正当的暴力；
• 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) burned brown by the sun.
  （古旧用法）被太阳晒了的褐色。
• Chapter one summarized archaic Mongolian residing and diet.
  第一章概述了古代蒙古人的居住和饮食两个方面。
• Painted sculpture is one of the most archaic folk art in China.
  彩塑是中国最古老的民间艺术之一。