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

• 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。
• 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。
• She refused to fall in, however, with Clovis's tempting suggestion of a primeval dance party.
  她拒绝接受克洛维提出的参加原始舞会的诱惑性的建议。
• 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。
• To the primeval forest, you can enjoy the natural life of the colorful, big forest to explore the mysteries of the infinite.
  到原始森林，您可饱览天然生命的多姿多彩，探寻大森林的无穷奥秘。
• In this thrilling book De Rond delves into the depths of what it means to be a man and the primeval desire to compete.
  在这本口人心弦的书中，深入探讨了作为人的真正意义和人类最原始的竞争欲望。
• The landscape is uniquely primeval and rather undeveloped.
  特有的原始景观，没开发过的。
• It was almost primeval, my friend quips.
  我的一个朋友打趣道：这简直就像回到了原始时代。
• Many mjllions of years ago, our ancestors climbed out of the primeval ooze onto dry land.
  数百万年以前，我们的祖先从远古时期的沼泽地里爬出来，来到了干燥的陆地上。