atavistic是什么意思？

atavistic

英[ˌætəˈvɪstɪk] 美[ˌætəˈvɪstɪk]

• adj. 隔代遗传的，返祖性的；

例句

• It'seemed to stir an atavistic chord in her stout breast. 那里有散发着蒸汽的潮湿草木和游戈其中的蟒蛇.
• It would be wrong to interpret them as atavistic remnants. 把它们解释爲老观念的残馀,是错误的.
• It was characteristic of an old, atavistic callousness that went with her delicacy. 这正是伴随着她病弱身体的老年返祖现象的一种麻木冷淡的特征.
• ...an atavistic fear of snakes. 对蛇的原始恐惧

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  返祖性的;原始的
  Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
  例句
  ...an atavistic fear of snakes. 对蛇的原始恐惧

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. characteristic of an atavist

行业词典

• 医学： 返祖性的；