primal
美音:
[´praıməl
]英音:
[´praıməl
]adj.最初的
难易程度:
primal为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:primality
词根
prim,prin,prem=first(第一)
primal
/'praɪml; `praɪml/
adj [attrib 作定语] (fml 文)
1 first or original; primeval 最初的; 原始的
*the loss of their primal innocence 他们原有的天真素质之丧失.
2 chief or most important; fundamental; primary(2) 主要的; 首要的; 基础性的; 根本的
*of primal importance 至为重要的.
primal
adj [only before noun]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: primalis, from Latin primus; PRIME1]
primal feelings or actions seem to belong to a part of people's character that is ancient and animal-like
a primal fear of the unknown