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单词 primordial soup
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primordial soup in American English

noun Biology
1. 
the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide
2. 
a laboratory preparation containing the substances believed to have composed primordial soup, and used in experiments seeking to understand the origin of life
Word origin
[1925–30]

Examples of 'primordial soup' in a sentence
primordial soup

Somewhere, in a nice primordial soup, life develops.Chirrupings and wailings give way to the drips and gurgles of primordial soup.Others suggest life began when lightning discharged into a 'primordial soup', transforming organic molecules into primitive cells.Steam is coming off the 22m pool as though it's some kind of primordial soup.
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