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- primeval forests
原始森林
- primeval forests
- 出于原始天性的
very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life- primeval urges
本能的欲望
- primeval urges
柯林斯词典
- 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.- ...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 - ...a vast expanse of primeval swamp.
辽阔的原始沼泽地
- ...the dense primeval forests that once covered inland Brittany.
- 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.- ...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
- ...a primeval urge to hit out at that which causes him pain.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 primaeval
英英释义
adj
- having existed from the beginning
- aboriginal forests
- primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
- the forest primeval
- primordial matter
- primordial forms of life
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The landscape is uniquely primeval and rather undeveloped.
特有的原始景观,没开发过的。 - He was more connected perhaps to the primeval concepts and Earth powers.
他或许更多地连接到原始概念和地球力量上。 - 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。 - 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。 - The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
铁路穿越原始森林。 - We cycled through primeval forests.
我们在原始森林中兜圈子。 - Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.
然后我就决不和这个家伙谈论大蟒蛇或者原始森林或是星星什么的。