| 单词 | primeval |
| 释义 | primeval (once / 1811 pages) adj Use primeval when you want to suggest something has existed from the beginning. The Big Bang? Dinosaur bones? Ancient trees? Yep — primeval. The adjective primeval is from the Latin root words primus, meaning "first," and aevum, meaning "age." You might have an irrational, primeval fear of monsters — meaning that your monster fear has been there for as long as you can remember. WORD FAMILYprimeval: primevally USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the poems in Vievee Francis’s haunting collection “Forest Primeval” are discreet yet revelatory, irresolute yet decisive, distressed yet serene. The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) Maybe it’s because there’s something almost primeval about a bell’s bucolic symbolism that resonates across cultures and epochs. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) At 4:30 in midsummer you hear the birds’ morning chorus, nature primeval and ascendant. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) adj having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state the forest primeval Syn aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primordial early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
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