antediluvian

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

Translation

adj. (《聖經》上說的)大洪水以前的 非常古老的
n. 大洪水以前的人或事物年邁的人;老古董
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an antediluvian automobile

古老的汽車

a ramshackle antediluvian tenement

搖搖欲墜的古老的房屋

gigantic bones of antediluvian animals.

大洪水以前動物的巨大骨頭。

they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes.

他們保持着早就過時的性別角色。

lived in a ramshackle, antediluvian tenement;

住在一間搖搖欲墜,太過於陳舊的廉價公寓裏;

His ideas are positively antediluvian!

他的思想是純粹的老古董!

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