ark
Word family adjectivearkitenounark
ark /ɑːk $ ɑːrk/ noun [countableC] → arc2. the Ark RRCin the Bible, the large boat built by Noah to save his family and the animals from a flood that covered the earth 〔《圣经》中的〕挪亚方舟 → something went out with the ark at go out(8) the ArkArk, then n1. (also Noah's Ark) in the Old Testament of the Bible, the large boat that Noah built for his family and for two members of every type of animal in the world, so that they would be safe from the great flood that covered the world n2 out of the Ark infml very old or old-fashioned Some of the school's computer equipment is out of the Ark.
Origin ark Old English arc, from Latin arca “box”