an·te·di·lu·vi·an /ˌæntɪdəˈluviən, (ˌ)daɪ-/
(a.)大洪水前的,上古的,古風的大洪水以前的人,很老的人,老古董
an·te·di·lu·vi·an 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.
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antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood;
"Antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvial]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian
ideas"; "archaic laws" [syn: antiquated, archaic]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
[syn: antediluvian patriarch]
2: a very old (or old fashioned) person