archaic

Word family adverbarchaicallynounarchaicismarchaismarchaistarchaizeradjectivearchaisticarchaicverbarchaize

ar·cha·ic /ɑːˈkeɪ-ɪk $ ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 OLD/NOT NEWold and no longer used 古旧的，不再使用的 SYN outdated OPP modern

archaic words

古词

2 OLD-FASHIONEDold-fashioned and needing to be replaced 过时的，陈旧的

Many smaller radio stations broadcast on archaic equipment.

许多较小的电台使用过时的设备播音。

3 PASTfrom or relating to ancient times 古代的 SYN ancient

archaic civilizations

古代文明

Examples from the Corpus

archaic• The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic.• Representation schemes once fair and equitable become archaic and outdated.• Outdated voting mechanisms, a decentralised, idiosyncratic procedure, and the archaic electoral college have received comment.• We must recover that dark age if we wish to understand our archaic fears and to rationalize them.• The English used in Chaucer's plays is an archaic form of the language.• A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west.• It demands complicated puns, archaic semantic associations, and other comic turns of phrase.• Euthydikos's kore is classical in spirit but stands formally within the archaic series.• an archaic sound system• The text was full of archaic spellings.• This masterpiece gives us the classical moment of the archaic style.• On the other, is the rural enclave with archaic traditional technological knowledge which is fast decaying.

Origin archaic

(1800-1900) French archaïque, from Greek archaikos, from archaios “ancient”

词汇	archaic
释义	archaic Word family adverbarchaicallynounarchaicismarchaismarchaistarchaizeradjectivearchaisticarchaicverbarchaize ar·cha·ic /ɑːˈkeɪ-ɪk $ ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj 1 OLD/NOT NEWold and no longer used 古旧的，不再使用的 SYN outdated OPP modern archaic words 古词 2 OLD-FASHIONEDold-fashioned and needing to be replaced 过时的，陈旧的 Many smaller radio stations broadcast on archaic equipment. 许多较小的电台使用过时的设备播音。 3 PASTfrom or relating to ancient times 古代的 SYN ancient archaic civilizations 古代文明 Examples from the Corpus archaic• The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic.• Representation schemes once fair and equitable become archaic and outdated.• Outdated voting mechanisms, a decentralised, idiosyncratic procedure, and the archaic electoral college have received comment.• We must recover that dark age if we wish to understand our archaic fears and to rationalize them.• The English used in Chaucer's plays is an archaic form of the language.• A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west.• It demands complicated puns, archaic semantic associations, and other comic turns of phrase.• Euthydikos's kore is classical in spirit but stands formally within the archaic series.• an archaic sound system• The text was full of archaic spellings.• This masterpiece gives us the classical moment of the archaic style.• On the other, is the rural enclave with archaic traditional technological knowledge which is fast decaying. Origin archaic (1800-1900) French archaïque, from Greek archaikos, from archaios “ancient”
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