primeval
英 [praɪ'miːv(ə)l]
美
- adj. 原始的；初期的（等于primaeval）
助记提示
1、prim- + ev- + -al.
中文词源
primeval 原始的，最初的
来自prime,第一的，最初的，-ev,时间，时代，词源同age,longevity.
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
- 铁路穿越原始森林.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 4. Our exploration to the primeval forest was quite a chapter of accidents.
- 我们去原始森林探险,的确发生了一连串意想不到的事情.
来自辞典例句
- 5. It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him.
- 这使他产生了奇怪的、基于人类固有之本能的强烈欲望.
来自辞典例句