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

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