Primordial



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 最初的
• ［英］ adj. 最初的 ( first created or developed)
• ［类］ 反义词: most recent ( 最近的)
• ［记］ prim ( 最早的) +ord ( 顺序) +ial
• ［例］ Scientists used to believe that all the stars developed from a primordial mass of gases.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin primordialis, from Latin primordium origin, from primus first + ordiri to begin — more at prime, order
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. first created or developed ; primeval 1
  • b. existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe) <a primordial gas cloud>
  • c. earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ ; primitive <primordial cells>
• 2. fundamental, primary <primordial human joys — Sir Winston Churchill>
• ? primordially adverb

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