Antediluvian

[,æntɪdɪ'luːvɪən] or [,æntɪdɪ'luvɪən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.

(adj.) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; 'a ramshackle antediluvian tenement'; 'antediluvian ideas'; 'archaic laws' .

(adj.) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; 'antediluvian man' .

編輯:迈尔斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.

(n.) One who lived before the Deluge.

整理:苏西

解釋/意思:

adj. existing or happening before the Deluge or Flood: resembling the state of things before the Flood: very old-fashioned primitive.—adv. Antedilū′vially.—n. Antedilū′vian one who lived before the Flood: one who lives to be very old.

校對:罗尼