单词 | postdiluvian |
释义 | postdiluvian (once / 288276 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY postdiluvian: postdiluvians+/antediluvian: antediluvians/diluvian: antediluvian, postdiluvian USAGE EXAMPLESThe poem describes its own construction, as one remarkable detail after another is loaded into the “studio” to be preserved for postdiluvian use. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) Encountering these creatures, we become like postdiluvian children, just beginning to make sense of a new world, exhilarated by its possibilities. New York Times(Apr 21, 2014) It certainly presents itself in early postdiluvian times as the first representative and teacher of art and material civilization. Dawson, John William, The Origin of the World According t...(2010) 1adj existing or occurring after Noah's flood 2n anything living after Noah's flood Hyper being, organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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