antediluvian 详细解释

antediluvian

adj.大洪水前的,上古的, 古风的,古老的
n.大洪水以前的人,很老的人,老古董

词形变化

动词过去式: antedated | 动词过去分词: antedated | 动词现在分词: antedating | 动词第三人称单数: antedates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

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英英释义

名词 antediluvian:

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

形容词 antediluvian:

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

同义词:antediluvial

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

同义词:antiquated, archaic

补充

antediluvianantediluvian英:[ˌæntidiˈlu:viən] 美:[ˌæntɪdəˈluviən]adj.1.(《圣经》上说的)大洪水以前的2.非常古老的

例句

1. antediluvian attitudes to women看待女性的过时观念 2. In this antediluvian house, showers were unheard of.这栋老旧的房子里淋浴设施闻所未闻。 3. The present method is antediluvian.当前的方法已经过时。 4. The creek's shallow waters were overcast with antediluvian ferns.古老的蕨类植物掩蔽了小溪的浅流。 5. gigantic bones of antediluvian animals.大洪水以前动物的巨大骨头。 6. they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes.他们保持着早就过时的性别角色。 7. an antediluvian automobile一辆破旧的汽车 8. He has antediluvian notions/ideas about the role of women in the workplace.他对职场女性的角色有着陈旧的观念/想法。