primordial
英 [pra?'m??d??l]
美[pra?'m?rd??l]
- adj. 原始的；根本的；原生的
TOEFL畅通词汇
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。
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