(in the Bible 《圣经》 a large boat that Noah built to save his family and two of every type of animal from the flood 方舟，诺亚方舟（诺亚为家人及一对对各种动物避洪水所造的大船） Word OriginOld English ærc, from Latin arca ‘chest’.
Idioms
out of the ark | something went out with the ark
- (British English, informal)
if somebody says that an object or a custom is out of the ark or went out with the ark, they think that it is very old-fashioned 极古老；十分陈旧；过时 Those computers went out with the ark. 那些电脑和方舟一起消失了。