primordial

英 [praɪ'mɔːdɪəl] 美 [praɪ'mɔrdɪəl]
  • adj. 原始的;根本的;原生的

助记提示


1、prim- + ordi-(from ordiri "begin to weave") + -al.
2、字面含义:begin to weave at first, orgin.
3、其字面含义可以理解为:最初、最早就开始了,就已经开始存在了。

中文词源


primordial 原始的

来自prime,第一的,最初的,原始的,-ord,开始,成形,词源同order.

英文词源


primordial (adj.)
late 14c., from Late Latin primordialis "first of all, original," from Latin primordium "a beginning, the beginning, origin, commencement," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + stem of ordiri "to begin" (see order (n.)). Related: Primordially.

双语例句


1. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.
2,000万年前,爱达荷州到处都是茂密的原始森林。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Life's primordial reality is spirit.
生命的根本真实性是精神.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest.
2,000万年前,爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反,那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿,有大片的原始森林。

来自柯林斯例句

4. It is the primordial force that propels us forward.
它是推动我们前进的原始动力。

来自辞典例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句

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