1SAexisting at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth 原始的,原始时代存在的;太古的,太初的
the primordial seas
原始海洋
2SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDprimordialfeelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like 〔情感〕原始的,本能的
He was driven on by a primordial terror.
他被本能的恐惧所驱使。
3.the primordial soup formalHEthe mixture of gases and other substances that people believeexisted before the beginning of life on Earth 原生浆液〔据信地球上生命开始之前存在的气体和其他物质的混合物〕
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the primordial soup• This is why bodies exist, rather than separate replicators still battling it out in the primordial soup.
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primordial• The fear of separation I suddenly understood that day to be a fear as primordial as the fear of death.• Nun: primordialdeity of the waters of chaos, depicted in human form.• primordialinstincts• The bluemountains like a photograph of primordialocean.• the primordialorigins of life• The Napa Valley, raised from the primordialsea, was formed by violentvolcanic eruptions.• This is why bodies exist, rather than separate replicators still battling it out in the primordialsoup.• Pilgrims of the primordial, we go to reflect on our birth.
Originprimordial
(1300-1400)Late Latinprimordialis, from Latinprimordium“origin”, from primus ( → PRIME1) + ordiri“to begin”