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stone age

/ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/

Traducción: Periodo prehistórico de la humanidad en el que la piedra se utilizaba ampliamente para fabricar herramientas y armas; a menudo se usa metafóricamente para referirse a algo extremadamente anticuado o primitivo.

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/ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/B1formalscientific
  • esPeriodo prehistórico de la humanidad en el que la piedra se utilizaba ampliamente para fabricar herramientas y armas; a menudo se usa metafóricamente para referirse a algo extremadamente anticuado o primitivo.

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when stone was widely used to make tools and weapons, often used metaphorically to describe something extremely outdated or primitive.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

    esEdad de Piedra

    • 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 Outdated or primitiveB2informal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.

    esEdad de Piedra

    • 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.