primordial
美音:
[prı´mɔ:dıəl
]英音:
[prı´mɔ:dıəl
]adj.原始的
难易程度:
primordial为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:primordially
词根
prim,prin,prem=first(第一)
近义词, 同义词
primordial
/praɪ'mɔ:dɪəl; praɪ`mɔrdɪəl/
adj [attrib 作定语] (fml 文) existing at or from the beginning, esp of the world or the universe; primeval (从)一开始便存在的(尤指世界或宇宙之始); 原始的; 原生的
*The universe was created out of a primordial ball of matter. 宇宙是从一个本来就存在着的球体中产生出来的.
primordial
adj formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin;Origin: primordialis, from Latin primordium 'origin', from primus ( PRIME1) + ordiri 'to begin']
existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth
the primordial seas
primordial feelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people's character that is ancient and animal-like
He was driven on by a primordial terror.
the primordial soup
the mixture of gases and other substances that people believe existed before the beginning of life on Earth