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.
权威例句
1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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.
4. In fact, the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.
实际上这些规章既陈旧又不现实。
5. In practice the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.