请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 prima materia
释义

prima materia

/ˌprīmə məˈti(ə)rēə/ /ˌprēmə /
(also materia prima)
noun
Primeval matter; fundamental substance.It's also clearly linked to the prima materia in alchemy: the formless, chaotic substance from which everything is eventually formed and transformed....
  • The alchemist task is to somehow separate each different aspect of the prima materia into its own material spectrum of substance.
  • Notably, in the Tao te Ching the prima materia is described as unmovable; at the same time, ‘it is capable of being the mother of the world’, so implying that the prima materia binds us to the earth.

Origin

Latin.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 23:03:43