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

• Their taste and style were archaic.
  他们的情趣与风格都是古老的。
• 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。
• Imitative of an archaic style or manner.
  对古老的风格或者样式的模仿。
• 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；
• ( archaic) like or relating to a prostitute.
  （古）象妓女或与妓女有关。
• In a system that had become as archaic as it was ultimately cruel.
  在一个系统中，已成为过时的，因为归根结底，它是残酷的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Profit: an archaic word no longer in use.
  利润（收益）：一个古老的词，很久没有听说了。
• This clearly shown how ancient Greeks acquried Egyptian art during the Archaic era.
  这清楚地说明了古风时代希腊人是如何欣赏埃及艺术的。