antediluvian

[US]/ˌæntɪdɪ'luːvɪən/
[UK]/ˌæntɪdɪ'luvɪən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. (《圣经》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;老古董
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Example Sentences

an antediluvian automobile

古老的汽车

a ramshackle antediluvian tenement

摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋

gigantic bones of antediluvian animals.

大洪水以前动物的巨大骨头。

they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes.

他们保持着早就过时的性别角色。

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;

His ideas are positively antediluvian!

他的思想是纯粹的老古董!

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