antediluvian
英 [,?nt?d?'lu?v??n]
美[,?nt?d?'luv??n]
- adj. 大洪水前的；遠(yuǎn)古的；陳舊的；舊式的
- n. 大洪水以前的人；年邁的人；不合時(shí)宜的人
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中文詞源
antediluvian 史前
前綴ante-, 在前。diluvian, 大洪水。指諾亞方舟之前。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. About mammary complex, there is account early in antediluvian period.
- 關(guān)于乳房情結(jié), 早在上古時(shí)期就有記載.
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- 2. His ideas are positively antediluvian!
- 他的思想是純粹的老古董!
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- 3. She was more than old - fashioned, she was antediluvian.
- 她何止是過時(shí), 簡(jiǎn)直就是老古董.
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- 4. Colourful county has long culture history, there is my late father early in antediluvian period haunt.
- 蔚縣具有悠久的文化歷史, 早在上古時(shí)期就有先人生息.
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- 5. This antediluvian monetary system has now been replaced by the up - to - date monetary system of Japan.
- 這種舊式的金融體系也已經(jīng)被現(xiàn)代化的日本系統(tǒng)所取代.
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