stone age

• Доисторический период в истории человечества, когда камень широко использовался для изготовления орудий труда и оружия, часто используется метафорически для описания чего-то крайне устаревшего или примитивного.

A prehistoric period of human history when stone was widely used to make tools and weapons, often used metaphorically to describe something extremely outdated or primitive.

1. Prehistoric periodB1formal

   The earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools.

   Каменный век

   • The Stone Age ended with the development of metalworking.
   • Archaeologists discovered Stone Age tools in the cave.
   • People in the Stone Age lived in small hunter-gatherer groups.

2. Outdated or primitiveB2informal

   Used informally to describe something that is very old-fashioned or technologically primitive.

   Каменный век

   • This computer is from the Stone Age; it's so slow.
   • Their manufacturing methods are still in the Stone Age.
   • He thinks using a flip phone is living in the Stone Age.