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单词音标:

【音标】 [,?ntidi'lu:vi?n]

汉语翻译

a. 大洪水前的, 陈旧的, 过时的
n. 大洪水以前的人, 老迈的人

英语解释:

名词 antediluvian:

  1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
    同义词:antediluvian patriarch
  2. a very old person
    同义词:ancient

形容词 antediluvian:

  1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
    同义词:antediluvial
  2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
    同义词:antiquated, archaic

例句:

  1. His ideas are positively antediluvian!
    他的思想是纯粹的老古董!

详细解释:


an.te.di.lu.vi.an

adj.(形容词)
Extremely old and antiquated.See Synonyms at old
极其古老的,过时的参见 old
Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood written about in the Bible.
大洪水以前的:发生或属于《圣经》中记载的大洪水以前的

来源:
From ante-
源自 ante-
doluvium [flood] * see diluvial
doluvium [洪水] *参见 diluvial

【引伸】
an.tedilu.vian
n.(名词)