primeval是什么意思？

primeval

英[praɪ'mi:vl] 美[praɪˈmivəl]

• adj. 原始的，太古的，太初的；
• adv. 原始地，太古地，太初地；

例句

• the primeval slime from which all life developed 生命起源的原生浆液
• It'straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest. 这条小路蜿蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中.
• The explorer spun many fantastic tales about his adventures in the primeval forests. 那探险家杜撰了许多他在原始森林里历险的离奇故事.
• The railway cuts through a primeval forest. 铁路穿越原始森林.
• ...a primeval urge to hit out at that which causes him pain. 一种迫切想要攻击令他痛苦的事物的本能
• ...a vast expanse of primeval swamp. 辽阔的原始沼泽地
• ...the dense primeval forests that once covered inland Brittany. 曾经覆盖着布列塔尼大区内陆的茂密的原始森林
• ...a primeval ooze... 原始软泥

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  太古的；原始的；远古的
  You use primeval to describe things that belong to a very early period in the history of the world.
  例句
  ...the dense primeval forests that once covered inland Brittany. 曾经覆盖着布列塔尼大区内陆的茂密的原始森林 ...a vast expanse of primeval swamp. 辽阔的原始沼泽地
• ADJ
  （感觉、情感）本能的，原始的，天性的
  You use primeval to describe feelings and emotions that are basic and not the result of thought.
  例句
  ...a primeval urge to hit out at that which causes him pain. 一种迫切想要攻击令他痛苦的事物的本能

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  原始的
  The explorer spun many fantastic tales about his adventures in the primeval forests. 那探险家杜撰了许多他在原始森林里历险的离奇故事。
  太古的,太初的
  the primeval slime from which all life developed 生命起源的原生浆液

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state;
  "aboriginal forests""primal eras before the appearance of life on earth""the forest primeval""primordial matter""primordial forms of life"