primordial

英 [praɪˈmɔːdiəl]

美 [praɪˈmɔːrdiəl]

adj.  原生的; 原始的; 基本的

TOEFL医学

BNC.21344 / COCA.13189

牛津词典

adj.

• 原生的；原始的
  existing at or from the beginning of the world
• 基本的
  very basic
  1. primordial impulses
     本能的冲动

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 原始的；远古的；人类最初的
  You useprimordialto describe things that belong to a very early time in the history of the world.
  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。
  2. ...the original primordial explosion.
     最初的宇宙大爆炸

英英释义

adj

• having existed from the beginning
  1. aboriginal forests
  2. primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
  3. the forest primeval
  4. primordial matter
  5. primordial forms of life
  Synonym:aboriginalprimalprimevalprimaeval

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