primeval

• adj. 原始的；初期的（等于primaeval）

来自prime,第一的，最初的，-ev,时间，时代，词源同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.

铁路穿越原始森林.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

那探险家杜撰了许多他在原始森林里历险的离奇故事.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

这条小路蜿蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中.

来自英汉文学 - 红字

4. 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.

来自辞典例句

5. It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him.

这使他产生了奇怪的、基于人类固有之本能的强烈欲望.

来自辞典例句