| 单词 | antiquated |
| 释义 | antiquated (once / 2287 pages) adj Something is antiquated when it is so old that it is no longer useful. If your parents believe that you shouldn't use the Internet when you write papers for school, you might call their ideas antiquated. Something is antiquated when it is so old, it's like an antique or recognizable from another era and has the negative feel of being thoroughly outmoded. Things like typewriters, sealing wax for letters, and ideas of proper etiquette all seem antiquated in modern society. Currently, things get antiquated ever faster — 5-inch floppy disks for computers and dial-up modems were very modern fifteen years ago, but now they're antiquated. WORD FAMILYantiquate: antiquated, antiquates, antiquating+/antique: antiquate, antiqued, antiquely, antiques, antiquing, antiquity/antiquity: antiquities USAGE EXAMPLESUsing antiquated pumps as large as truck engines, they drive enormous quantities of liquid cement into the earth. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The electoral college is not only antiquated but also discredited. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The big institutional model of Western State is antiquated. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) adj so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period Syn antediluvian, archaic old of long duration; not new |
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