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

• The other half, often overlooked, is the primeval landscape in front of which she is sitting.
  常常被忽视的另外一半则是画中蒙娜丽莎背后的背景。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the story goes, in the dense primeval forests on both sides of the river, there are wild elephants strolling around and peacocks flying about.
  话说在澜沧江两岸，茂密的原始森林中，野象悠然漫步，孔雀在林中飞翔。
• It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.
  这条小路婉蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of all languages, Sanskrit most closely approaches telepathic language because of its affinity to the fifty primeval sounds.
  在所有的语言中，梵语是最靠近精神感应的语言，因为它与五十种原始的声音很相近。
• The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
  铁路穿越原始森林。