primordial
英[pra?'m??d??l]
美[pra?'m?rd??l]
- adj. 原始的；根本的；原生的
助記提示
1、prim- + ordi-(from ordiri "begin to weave") + -al.
2、字面含義：begin to weave at first, orgin.
3、其字面含義可以理解為：最初、最早就開始了，就已經(jīng)開始存在了。
中文詞源
primordial 原始的
來自prime,第一的，最初的，原始的，-ord,開始，成形，詞源同order.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.
- 2,000萬年前，愛達(dá)荷州到處都是茂密的原始森林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Life's primordial reality is spirit.
- 生命的根本真實(shí)性是精神.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 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.
- 2,000萬年前，愛達(dá)荷州并不像現(xiàn)在這樣干旱。相反，那時(shí)的愛達(dá)荷州溫暖潮濕，有大片的原始森林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It is the primordial force that propels us forward.
- 它是推動(dòng)我們前進(jìn)的原始動(dòng)力。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The universe was created out of a primordial ball of matter.
- 宇宙是從一個(gè)本來就存在著的球體中產(chǎn)生出來的.
來自辭典例句