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archaic

🇬🇧 UK/ɑ:'keiik/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Very old or old-fashioned; (of a word or phrase) no longer in common use but still occasionally encountered

古老的,过时的;(语言)古体的,已废弃的

n.

A prehistoric period between the earliest human presence and more recent prehistoric periods in the Western Hemisphere

(美洲史前)古代时期

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
archаancient, old, primitive
+
icrelating to, having the nature of
=archaic

Common Collocations

  • 1.archaic term古老的术语

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The language in that poem is so archaic that modern readers find it difficult to understand.

  • 2.

    She still uses archaic customs that are no longer practiced by anyone else.

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