英语词汇“archaic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINarchaic

Origin:

1800-1900 French archaïque, from Greek archaikos, from archaios ‘ancient’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

an archaic sound system
The English used in Chaucer's plays is an archaic form of the language.
The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic.
The text was full of archaic spellings.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west.
Euthydikos's kore is classical in spirit but stands formally within the archaic series.
It demands complicated puns, archaic semantic associations, and other comic turns of phrase.
On the other, is the rural enclave with archaic traditional technological knowledge which is fast decaying.
Outdated voting mechanisms, a decentralised, idiosyncratic procedure, and the archaic electoral college have received comment.
Representation schemes once fair and equitable become archaic and outdated.
This masterpiece gives us the classical moment of the archaic style.
We must recover that dark age if we wish to understand our archaic fears and to rationalize them.

Longman Language Activatorextremely old-fashioned► medieval

extremely old-fashioned and therefore annoying: · The plumbing in this house is medieval!positively medieval (=very medieval): · This so-called accounting system is positively medieval.

► out of the ark

British informal extremely old-fashioned: · Their washing machine looks like it came out of the ark.· Her views on social policy are embarrassing -- really out of the ark.

► dinosaur

a system, organization etc that is very old-fashioned and large and cannot continue to exist in the modern world: · The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.· The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago.

► anachronism

something such as an organization or custom that belongs to a time in the past, and therefore appears very strange in the modern world: · The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office.

► archaic

use this about something that was used a long time ago but which is now considered too old-fashioned and needs replacing: · The text was full of archaic spellings.· The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic.

► Dickensian

buildings, conditions etc that are Dickensian are extremely old-fashioned and below acceptable standards, for example because they are dangerous or unhealthy: · They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water.positively Dickensian: · The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian.

► the dark ages

use this to talk about a society, system, or way of thinking that is extremely old-fashioned, especially in its social attitudes: · Huge amounts of aid will be needed if this society is ever to drag itself out of the dark ages.· My brother still doesn't like the idea of having a woman boss - he's stuck in the dark ages!

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► heritage

· The memory of the parricide was both important enough, and repeated often enough, to enter the archaic heritage.· The repressed archaic heritage is unconscious.

单词	archaic
释义	archaicar‧cha‧ic /ɑːˈkeɪ-ɪk $ ɑːr-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINarchaic Origin: 1800-1900 French archaïque, from Greek archaikos, from archaios ‘ancient’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES an archaic sound system The English used in Chaucer's plays is an archaic form of the language. The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic. The text was full of archaic spellings. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west. Euthydikos's kore is classical in spirit but stands formally within the archaic series. It demands complicated puns, archaic semantic associations, and other comic turns of phrase. On the other, is the rural enclave with archaic traditional technological knowledge which is fast decaying. Outdated voting mechanisms, a decentralised, idiosyncratic procedure, and the archaic electoral college have received comment. Representation schemes once fair and equitable become archaic and outdated. This masterpiece gives us the classical moment of the archaic style. We must recover that dark age if we wish to understand our archaic fears and to rationalize them. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorextremely old-fashioned► medieval extremely old-fashioned and therefore annoying: · The plumbing in this house is medieval!positively medieval (=very medieval): · This so-called accounting system is positively medieval. ► out of the ark British informal extremely old-fashioned: · Their washing machine looks like it came out of the ark.· Her views on social policy are embarrassing -- really out of the ark. ► dinosaur a system, organization etc that is very old-fashioned and large and cannot continue to exist in the modern world: · The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.· The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago. ► anachronism something such as an organization or custom that belongs to a time in the past, and therefore appears very strange in the modern world: · The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office. ► archaic use this about something that was used a long time ago but which is now considered too old-fashioned and needs replacing: · The text was full of archaic spellings.· The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic. ► Dickensian buildings, conditions etc that are Dickensian are extremely old-fashioned and below acceptable standards, for example because they are dangerous or unhealthy: · They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water.positively Dickensian: · The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian. ► the dark ages use this to talk about a society, system, or way of thinking that is extremely old-fashioned, especially in its social attitudes: · Huge amounts of aid will be needed if this society is ever to drag itself out of the dark ages.· My brother still doesn't like the idea of having a woman boss - he's stuck in the dark ages! Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► heritage · The memory of the parricide was both important enough, and repeated often enough, to enter the archaic heritage.· The repressed archaic heritage is unconscious. 1old and no longer used SYN outdated OPP modern: archaic words2old-fashioned and needing to be replaced: Many smaller radio stations broadcast on archaic equipment.3from or relating to ancient times SYN ancient: archaic civilizations
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