archaic

archaic
[ɑːˈkeɪɪk]
adjective
  1. very old or old-fashioned
    古老的;老式的,陈旧的,过时的
    prisons are run on archaic methods.
    监狱以过时的方法管理。
    ■(of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to import an old-fashioned flavour
    (词,语言风格)古体的,不再通用的
    ■of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th – 6th centuries bc in Greece
    古代艺术(或文化)的(尤指公元前7世纪至前6世纪的古希腊文化)
    the archaic temple at Corinth.
    科林斯的古庙。
派生
archaically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē 'beginning'
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