atavistic
美音:
[(noun) ´ætə´vıstək
]英音:
[(noun) ´ætə´vıstək
]adj.隔代遗传的,返祖性的
难易程度:
atavistic为短语/超纲词汇
atavistic
/,tə'vɪstɪk; ,ætə`vɪstɪk/
adj
*an atavistic urge 返祖倾向.
atavistic
adj formal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: atavism 'being like ancestors' (19-21 centuries), from French atavisme, from Latin atavus 'ancestor']
atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings that people have felt since humans have existed