| 释义 |
primevalpri‧me‧val (also primaeval British English) /praɪˈmiːvəl/ adjective   primevalOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin primaevus, from primus ( ➔ PRIME1) + aevum ‘age’ - primeval tropical rainforests
- The sun and planets formed from a primeval cloud of gas about 5 billion years ago.
- Beyond the river had been a forest, one of the great primeval oak forests of ancient Ireland.
- But flips millions of years ago are recorded in the orientation of metallic particles in primeval rocks.
- By the fire in the centre of this primeval setting stood an elderly man and a dozen boys.
- First, amidst the primeval chaos, there existed only two mute creatures, rolled together and ignorant of sight or sound.
- Starkly primeval, it resembles the head of a giant gorilla!
- The primeval soup has turned into minestrone.
- The water has a primeval chemistry that has prevailed along submarine mountain ranges since the breakup of Gondwanaland.
- The waters of baptism represent the presence and power of that primeval deep for us.
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