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Primeval Meaning Forest Fear Adj 形容词 Describe   [Usu

英语单词 primeval
英美音标 英 [praɪ'miːvl] 美 [praɪ'miːvl]
中文释义 adj.原始的;早期的;远古的
英语例句 (1) They needled their way through a primeval forest.
(2) Our country is taking effective measures to protect the primeval forest.
中文例句 (1) 他们穿行于原始森林之中。
(2) 我们国家正在采取有效措施保护原生林。
vocabulary简明 Use primeval when you want to suggest something has existed from the beginning. The Big Bang? Dinosaur bones? Ancient trees? Yep — primeval.
vocabulary扩展 The adjective primeval is from the Latin root words primus, meaning "first," and aevum, meaning "age." You might have an irrational, primeval fear of monsters — meaning that your monster fear has been there for as long as you can remember.
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 primaeval
1
[ADJ 形容词]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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...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

2
[ADJ 形容词](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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...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

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