primeval

英 [praɪˈmiːvl]

美 [praɪˈmiːvl]

adj.  远古的; 原始的; 出于原始天性的

BNC.15652 / COCA.18353

牛津词典

adj.

• 远古的；原始的
  from the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient
  1. primeval forests
     原始森林
• 出于原始天性的
  very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
  1. primeval urges
     本能的欲望

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 primaeval


• ADJ 太古的；原始的；远古的
  You useprimevalto describe things that belong to a very early period in the history of the world.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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 useprimevalto describe feelings and emotions that are basic and not the result of thought.
  1. ...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

英英释义

adj

• having existed from the beginning
  1. aboriginal forests
  2. primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
  3. the forest primeval
  4. primordial matter
  5. primordial forms of life
  Synonym:aboriginalprimalprimaevalprimordial

双语例句

• Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.
  然后我就决不和这个家伙谈论大蟒蛇或者原始森林或是星星什么的。
• According to this, when the gods created the world order, they sacrificed a primeval being to Brahma Lord of creatures.
  据此解释，众神创造了世界秩序，他们把一个原始生命献祭给了梵天造物主。
• From such a picture of Nature in primeval simplicity, tell me, my much respected friend, are you in love with fatigue and solitude?
  看看这一幅原始单纯的自然照片，告诉我，我最尊敬的朋友，你热爱疲劳和孤独吗。
• The dark night of the soul engulfed him, and he felt a strange, primeval terror he knew not what.
  灵魂的黑夜笼罩了他，他感到一种奇异、原始、难以名状的恐惧。
• Nature in the law, primeval nature, is another kind of beauty.
  野性自然，原始自然，它是另一种美。
• Influenced by primeval African sculpture, Picasso began to explore a new painting style in1906.
  1906年毕加索受到非洲原始雕刻和塞尚绘画影响，而转向一种新画风的探索。
• In the vast primeval forest, there are many rare birds and unusual animals.
  在大片的原始森林中，有很多珍禽异兽。
• This indicated that advanced attributes of human beings had cut a figure during the inferior level of primeval time.
  这表明了在原始期的低级阶段，人类的高级属性已经崭露头角。
• They have been living in the dense primeval forest and surviving on hunting and raising reindeers in their own traditional way.
  他们世代以打猎和饲养驯鹿为生，拥有自己传统的生活方式。
• The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
  铁路穿越原始森林。