| 单词 | primeval |
| 释义 | primeval adjective (UKalsoprimaeval)uk/praɪˈmiː.vəl/us/praɪˈmiː.vəl/ancient;existingat or from a very earlytime: 原始的；早期的primevalforests原始森林 Synonym primal Prehistory
primeval| American Dictionaryprimeval adjective us/prɑɪˈmi·vəl/existingat or from a very earlytime;ancient: primevalforests Examplesofprimevalprimeval They discovered beneath the surface of the domesticated landscape the remains of aprimevalsavagery and contributed to an understanding of the genesis of civilization. From theCambridge English Corpus He said that they were simple and more in accordance with nature, with a state ofprimevalinnocence, and not illadapted to the climate. From theCambridge English Corpus What he points to is that the enterprise as such is an unrecognized struggle against a fundamental unfamiliarity, against aprimevalestrangement. From theCambridge English Corpus Uprooted trees, their distribution and influence in theprimevalforest biotope. From theCambridge English Corpus Dreaming as threat simulation can be thought of as wish fulfillment only in the sense that dreams are expressions of theprimeval"wish" to survive. From theCambridge English Corpus The baths as almostprimevalbut also of its time, also modern, brings me to the elevation. From theCambridge English Corpus The preservation narrative invokes images of aprimevallandscape where the only role people have is as savers (funders) or destroyers (local communities). From theCambridge English Corpus Again the eighteenth century is the sketchy before-picture, theprimevalsludge out of which modern, industrial society emerges. From theCambridge English Corpus Free at last in the present time of their own voice, these women 'show everyoneprimevalfemininity and its powers of control' (p. 93). From theCambridge English Corpus To complete the noble savage motif, we need only add the element of nature, of theprimeval(precivilized, hence savage by default). From theCambridge English Corpus Blind'sprimevalatoms of "measureless speed" fall into highly measured and exacting metrical patterns. From theCambridge English Corpus Their simplest expression is theprimevalphenomenon of popular humor, the cartwheel, which by the continual rotation of the upper and lower parts suggests the rotation of earth and sky. From theCambridge English Corpus If such features constitute the "primevalsoup," then, like normal targets in the search task, the primeval soup would also only be "seen" if it was being attended to. From theCambridge English Corpus Study of interactions of biological macromolecules with mineral surfaces are of crucial interest either for understandingprimevalmetabolic processes or for detection of traces of living activities. From theCambridge English Corpus Having dazzled us with this display of pure reason, he then appealed to the dark instincts ofprimevalblood and earth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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