单词 | primordial soup |
释义 | primordial soup in American Englishnoun 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 |
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