antediluvian

英 [ˌæntidɪˈluːviən]

美 [ˌæntidɪˈluːviən]

adj.  早已过时的; 十分老式的

GRE

BNC.39437 / COCA.36562

牛津词典

adj.

• 早已过时的；十分老式的
  very old-fashioned

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 古老的；陈旧的；过时的
  Antediluvianthings are old or old-fashioned.
  1. ...antediluvian attitudes to women.
     看待女性的旧观念

英英释义

noun

• a very old person
  Synonym:ancient
• any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
  Synonym:antediluvian patriarch

adj

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  1. a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
  2. antediluvian ideas
  3. archaic laws
  Synonym:antiquatedarchaic
• of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  1. antediluvian man
  Synonym:antediluvial

双语例句

• Instead, all my efforts did was teach me exactly why the proud, antediluvian print-journalism companies are in financial trouble.
  相反，我付出的所有努力确切地让我明白为什么辉煌而古老的新闻出版公司会陷入金融困境。
• His ideas are positively antediluvian!
  他的思想是纯粹的老古董！
• The Chinese language itself is essentially antediluvian, and to overtake it requires the lifetime of a Methusaleh.
  中国语言本身，在本质上也是大洪水前的，需要玛士撒拉用一辈子的时间去学习。
• A ramshackle antediluvian tenement; antediluvian ideas; archaic laws.
  一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋；陈旧的思想；古代法律。
• These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
  对我而言，这些知识犹如开启上古世界宝藏的一把把钥匙。
• Even so, pizza's roots go back to the antediluvian times.
  但即使如此，比萨饼的根源可追溯至古老的时代。
• Their production techniques are positively antediluvian by modern standards.
  按现代标准来看，他们的生产技术确实是太陈旧了。
• Old women with antediluvian ideas still ruled the roost.
  思想落伍的老妪们仍在当家作主。
• I have touched a complete Book in the tomb of an Antediluvian, and watched it crumble to dust.
  我有精神失常的一完全的书在坟墓中一大洪水前的，和看它崩溃到灰尘。
• After all, even the antediluvian computers then available had brought on a great deal of abuse from some who saw their jobs ( and their dignity) in jeopardy.
  毕竟即便那时候老掉牙的计算机都会引发感到自己的工作（和尊严）处于危险中的那些人们的谩骂。