archaic
/ɑːˈkeɪɪk/adjective
1- very old or old-fashioned古老的; 老式的, 陈旧的, 过时的：
prisons are run on archaic methods.
监狱以过时的方法管理。
1.1
- (of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to import an old-fashioned flavour（词, 语言风格）古体的, 不再通用的。
1.2
- of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th-6th centuries BC in Greece古代艺术（或文化）的（尤指公元前7世纪至前6世纪的古希腊文化）：
the archaic temple at Corinth.
科林斯的古庙。
派生词
archaically
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē 'beginning'.