primordial

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a. 原始的, 自原始时代的 [医] 原始的

发音

UK /pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/
US /pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/
AU /pɹɑɪˈmoː.di.əl/

词形变化

primordials 复数 primordials

别名

primoradial

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A first principle or element.

  2. 2.

    A primordial condition or state.

adj.
  1. 1.

    First, earliest or original.

    原始的

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.

    生物

    a primordial leaf; a primordial cell

  3. 3.

    Primeval.

  4. 4.

    Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

primal aboriginal primeval primaeval

近义相关 1

early

相关短语

primordial soup 原生汤；[生化] 原始汤 primordial sea primordial soups primordial seas primordial black hole primordial black holes primordial phallus primordial phalluses primordial phalli primordial chaos primordial cell primordial element primordial elements primordial fluctuations primordial sludge

词源

From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.

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