antediluvian是什么意思？

antediluvian

英[ˌæntidɪˈlu:viən] 美[ˌæntɪdəˈluviən]

• adj. (<圣经>上说的)大洪水以前的，<口>非常古老的；
• n. 大洪水以前的人或事物，年迈的人，老朽，远远落后于时代的人；

例句

• antediluvian ideas 陈旧的思想
• a ramshackle antediluvian tenement 摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋
• an antediluvian automobile 古老的汽车
• She was more than old - fashioned, she was antediluvian. 她何止是过时, 简直就是老古董.
• His ideas are positively antediluvian! 他的思想是纯粹的老古董!
• ...antediluvian attitudes to women. 看待女性的旧观念

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  <口>非常古老的
  an antediluvian automobile 古老的汽车 a ramshackle antediluvian tenement 摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋 antediluvian ideas 陈旧的思想 His ideas are positively antediluvian! 他的思想是纯粹的老古董!

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
  2. a very old (or old fashioned) person
• Adjective
  1. of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood;
  "Antediluvian man"
  2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
  "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement""antediluvian ideas""archaic laws"