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
- 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。 - 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。 - Of the ten national-level and provincial-level nature reserves, most belong to the primeval forest ecological system.
还有十多个国家级和省级的自然保护区,其中不少是原始森林生态系统。 - The landscape is uniquely primeval and rather undeveloped.
特有的原始景观,没开发过的。 - In Africa, Safari specialist will Jones says high-end tourists want something almost primeval.
在非洲,旅行专业人士威尔琼斯(willjones)表示,高端旅行者想要体验近乎原始的东西。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The railway cuts through a primeval forest.
铁路穿越原始森林。 - Influenced by primeval African sculpture, Picasso began to explore a new painting style in1906.
1906年毕加索受到非洲原始雕刻和塞尚绘画影响,而转向一种新画风的探索。