primeval
英 [praɪˈmiː.vəl]
美 [praɪˈmiː.vəl]
- adj. 原始的;初期的(等于primaeval)
1、prim- + ev- + -al.
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.
- 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).
- 1. The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
- 铁路穿越原始森林.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.