Word of the Day ： December 12, 2020
antediluvian
早已過時的；十分老式的
adjectivean-tih-dih-LOO-vee-un
Definition
1 ： of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
聖經記載中的在大洪水時期之前的或與之相關
2 a ： made, evolved, or developed a long time ago
很久以前製造，演變的或開發的
b ： extremely primitive or outmoded
非常原始或過時
Examples
"But in the White Mountains grow the oldest trees on Earth, the gnarled antediluvian bristlecone pines." — Nick Burns, The New Statesman, 16 Sept. 2020
「但是在懷特山脈，生長著地球上最古老的樹木，是一種粗糙的古董鹿鬃松。
"The Zoom sweater is, after all, the seasonal next wardrobe step after the Zoom shirt…. For some, this may seem liberating: A final declaration of independence from the suit, and proof that after months of dressing for ourselves—and our perch in the corner of the couch—we have been freed from the constrictive suiting of white collar yesteryear (and all the antediluvian fashion rules they represent)." — Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times, 20 Aug. 2020
畢竟，Zoom毛衣是繼Zoom襯衫之後的下一類服飾……。對於某些人來說，這似乎是解放：最終宣布脫離西裝的獨立存在，並證明經過證明，經過幾個月的穿衣打扮，曾經棲息在沙發的一角的服飾——使我們擺脫了過去白領的緊身套裝的束縛（以及他們代表的是所有前衛時尚新風）。
Did You Know?
Before there was antediluvian, there were the Latin words ante (meaning "before") and diluvium (meaning "flood"). In the 1600s, English speakers were using antediluvian to describe conditions they believed existed before the great flood described in the biblical account of Noah and the ark. By the early 1700s, the word had come to be used as both an adjective and a noun referring to anything or anyone prodigiously old. Naturalist Charles Darwin used it to characterize the mighty "antediluvian trees" some prehistoric mammals might have used as a food source, and in his American Notes, Charles Dickens described an elderly lady who informed him, "It is an extremely proud and pleasant thing … to be an antediluvian."
antediluvian之前出現了拉丁語 ante（意為「before「之前」」）和diluvium（意為「flood「洪水」」）。 在1600年代，講英語的人使用 antediluvian 來描述他們認為在聖經《 Noah and the ark》中描述的大洪水之前存在的世界。 到1700年代初，這個詞已被用作形容詞和名詞，指的是任何古老的事物。 博物學家查爾斯·達爾文（Charles Darwin）用它來刻畫一些史前哺乳動物可能用作食物來源的強大的「antediluvian trees「前二叉樹」」，查爾斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）在他的《美國筆記》中描述了一位年邁的女士，他告訴他：「這是一件極為自豪和令人愉快的事…… 成為一個古老的人「It is an extremely proud and pleasant thing … to be an antediluvian」。」
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