primeval
英 [pra?'mi?v(?)l]
美
- adj. 原始的；初期的（等于primaeval）
暢通詞匯
助記提示
1、prim- + ev- + -al.
中文詞源
primeval 原始的，最初的
來自prime,第一的，最初的，-ev,時間，時代，詞源同age,longevity.
英文詞源
- primeval (adj.)
- also primaeval, 1650s, with -al (1) + Latin primaevus "early in life, youthful," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + aevum "an age" (see eon).
雙語例句
- 1. The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
- 鐵路穿越原始森林.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. The explorer spun many fantastic tales about his adventures in the primeval forests.
- 那探險家杜撰了許多他在原始森林里歷險的離奇故事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It'straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.
- 這條小路蜿蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 4. Our exploration to the primeval forest was quite a chapter of accidents.
- 我們?nèi)ピ忌痔诫U,的確發(fā)生了一連串意想不到的事情.
來自辭典例句
- 5. It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him.
- 這使他產(chǎn)生了奇怪的、基于人類固有之本能的強烈欲望.
來自辭典例句