antediluvian
adj. 大洪水前的；远古的；陈旧的；旧式的
n. 大洪水以前的人；年迈的人；不合时宜的人
adj.
(上说的)大洪水以前的；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
英英释义
antediluvian[ ,æntidi'lu:viən ]
n.
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
同义词：antediluvian patriarch
a very old person
同义词：ancient
adj.
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
"antediluvian man"
同义词：antediluvial
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"
同义词：antiquatedarchaic
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
His ideas are positively antediluvian!
他的思想是纯粹的老古董！
For love? What antediluvian notions you have! Can one talk of love in these days?
爱？多么古老的字眼！现在还有人谈论爱情吗？
用作名词(n.)
She was more than old-fashioned, she was an antediluvian.
她不只是守旧
权威例句
AntediluvianAntediluvian DNA research
Recovery of antediluvian DNA
Gen 6,1-4 as an antediluvian event
Radio Transients: An antediluvian review
Antihypertensive treatment with diuretics: antediluvian or up to date?
A futuristic discussion on antediluvian concepts through Benigni's ‘La tigre e la neve’
"Watchful waiting"for metastatic colorectal cancer, antediluvian or an option to be considered again?
Translation as Self-Consciousness: Ancient Sciences, Antediluvian Wisdom, and the 'Abbāsid Translation Movement
On the Origin of Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions
antediluvian (adj.)
"before Noah's flood," 1640s, formed from Latin ante- "before" (see ante) + diluvium "a flood" (see deluge (n.)). Coined by English physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). As a noun meaning "person who lived before the Flood," from 1680s.
1. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
祖先在太古时代的从亚当到诺亚的人类祖先之一
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
2. 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。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
3. His ideas are positively antediluvian!
他的思想是纯粹的老古董!
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
4. very old; out of date; obsolete; antediluvian
老掉牙
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
5. a branch of one of your antediluvian families(William Congreve.
你们那些快老掉牙的家族中的一支（威廉 康格里夫）。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
6. an antediluvian automobile
古老的汽车
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. a Branch of one of your antediluvian families
你们那些快老掉牙的家族中的一支
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
8. antediluvian adj.
大洪水前的；上古的；古风的
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
9. “a branch of one of your antediluvian families” (William Congreve).
“你们那些快老掉牙的家族中的一支”（威廉·康格里夫）。
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10. lived in a ramshackle, antediluvian tenement;
住在一间摇摇欲坠，太过于陈旧的廉价公寓里;
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
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