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

• Although this is good, it is become archaic or old.
  尽管这不错，但那已经过时了。
• Their taste and style were archaic.
  他们的情趣与风格都是古老的。
• The legal conceptions of archaic age of the Greeks are known to us through the epic works of Homer and the poetry of hesiod.
  我们是通过荷马的史诗和海希奥德的诗歌了解古希腊人的法律思想的。
• 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) 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。
• Look at the Research on Archaic Chinese Phonemes from the Viewpoint of System and Structure
  从系统和结构的观点看汉语上古音研究
• The same dispute exists with Homo erectus, Homo sapiens archaic and homo sapiens sapiens.
  存在同样的争议与直立人，智人古老和智人智人。
• ( archaic) like or relating to a prostitute.
  （古）象妓女或与妓女有关。
• PROFIT-An archaic word no longer in use.
  一个失传了的古字。
• 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。