单词	primordial
释义	primordialpri‧mor‧di‧al /praɪˈmɔːdiəl $ -ˈmɔːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINprimordial Origin: 1300-1400 Late Latin primordialis, from Latin primordium ‘origin’, from primus ( ➔ PRIME1) + ordiri ‘to begin’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES primordial instincts the primordial origins of life EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Nun: primordial deity of the waters of chaos, depicted in human form. Pilgrims of the primordial, we go to reflect on our birth. The blue mountains like a photograph of primordial ocean. The fear of separation I suddenly understood that day to be a fear as primordial as the fear of death. The Napa Valley, raised from the primordial sea, was formed by violent volcanic eruptions. This is why bodies exist, rather than separate replicators still battling it out in the primordial soup. word sets WORD SETS► Anthropology clansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the primordial soup This is why bodies exist, rather than separate replicators still battling it out in the primordial soup. 1existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth:  the primordial seas2primordial feelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like:  He was driven on by a primordial terror.3the primordial soup the mixture of gases and other substances that people believe existed before the beginning of life on Earth
随便看	dissatisfaction dissatisfied dissect dissection dissemble disseminate dissemination dissension dissent dissenter dissertation disservice dissidence dissident dissimilar dissimilarity dissimulate dissipate dissipated dissipation dissociate dissociation dissolute dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries

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