英语单词 | primeval |
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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]
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]
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