1810, from or by influence of French archaique (1776), ultimately from Greek arkhaikos "old-fashioned," from arkhaios "ancient," from arkhe "beginning" (see archon). Archaical is attested from 1799.
雙語例句
1. And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.
沒什么比他使用過時的方言時那種自負的神態更氣人的了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Archaic practices such as these are usually put forward by people of limited outlook.
視野狹隘的人通常會提出類似于這些的陳腐做法。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The company does some things in archaic ways, such as not using computers for bookkeeping.
這個公司有些做法陳舊, 如記賬不使用電腦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. In fact, the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.
實際上這些規章既陳舊又不現實。
來自辭典例句
5. In practice the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.