And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。Archaic practices such as these are usually put forward by people of limited outlook.视野狭隘的人通常会提出类似于这些的陈腐做法。The company do...

adj.古代的，过时的，陈旧的，古体的，古色古香的...

archaic的音标：archaic的英式发音音标为：[ɑ:'keɪɪk]archaic的美式发音音标为：[ɑr'keɪɪk]...

The company does some things in archaic ways, such as not using computers for bookkeeping.这个公司有些做法陈旧, 如记账不使用电脑.That plane itself looks almost laughably archaic.那架飞机真可笑,看起来简直像个老古董....archaic laws that are very seldom used...