antediluvian
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌæn.ti.dɪˈluː.vi.ən]
- 美式音标 [ˌæn.t̬i.dəˈluː.vi.ən]
- 国际音标 [,æntidi'lu:viən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 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
词根记忆
- ante(前) + diluv(洪水) + ian→大洪水以前的
英汉例句
- The changes to the judiciary mean that antediluvian judges and prosecutors no longer stand in his way.
对司法部的改动意味着旧式的法官和检察官不在站在他这一边。 - The libraries of the world are doomed to become museums, storage facilities for a form as antediluvian as cave paintings.
世上的图书馆注定要成为博物馆，里面陈列的书籍就像洞穴壁画一样被列为古董了。 - In the spring there was the guy 12 years older than me who shared an apartment overlooking Tompkins Square Park with an antediluvian man who walked around in graying long underwear.
在春天的时候，我还和一个大我12岁的男人在一起过，他让我住他可以俯瞰汤普金斯广场的大公寓，我们一起观察一个装着长款衬衣的老头绕着广场漫无目的的闲逛。
blog.sina.com.cn - Given that so much may be at stake, the way such broadcasts are allocated is antediluvian.
ECONOMIST: Party election broadcasts - The changes to the judiciary mean that antediluvian judges and prosecutors no longer stand in his way.
ECONOMIST: Turkey's referendum - But two of the antediluvian members—Germany and Austria—plan to keep their markets locked down until at least 2009.
ECONOMIST: A look at noteworthy articles from business journals
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Antediluvian Threshold 蓝调摇滚
- Antediluvian Survivals 遗老遗少
- antediluvial antediluvian 前洪积世
- antediluvian ideas 一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋;陈旧的思想
- Antediluvian Cities 远古的城市
短语
英英字典
- extremely old-fashioned
- Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 史前的