• adj. 原始的；初期的（等于primaeval）

來自prime,第一的，最初的，-ev,時(shí)間，時(shí)代，詞源同age,longevity.

primeval (adj.)

also primaeval, 1650s, with -al (1) + Latin primaevus "early in life, youthful," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + aevum "an age" (see eon).

1. The railway cuts through a primeval forest.

鐵路穿越原始森林.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. The explorer spun many fantastic tales about his adventures in the primeval forests.

那探險(xiǎn)家杜撰了許多他在原始森林里歷險(xiǎn)的離奇故事.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. It'straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.

這條小路蜿蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 紅字

4. Our exploration to the primeval forest was quite a chapter of accidents.

我們?nèi)ピ忌痔诫U(xiǎn),的確發(fā)生了一連串意想不到的事情.

來自辭典例句

5. It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him.

這使他產(chǎn)生了奇怪的、基于人類固有之本能的強(qiáng)烈欲望.

來自辭典例句