archaic
adjective uk/ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/ us/ɑːrˈkeɪ.ɪk/
古老的，古代的;原始的
of or belonging to an ancient period in history
an archaic system of government 古老的政体
an archaic law/rule/language 古代法律／法规／语言
Synonym: ancient
Opposites: modern (PRESENT)up to date
Compare: antique adjective
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- The Olympics united the fiercely independent city-states that characterized Greece in the archaic age.
- They discovered hitherto unknown texts in archaic scripts.
- The case study cites the problems in mapping archaic science terminology to appropriate current terms.
- How did such bizarre and archaic ideas make their way into educational policy?
- The budgetary systems were archaic and over-complicated.