pri·me·val
adjective/praɪˈmiːvl/
/praɪˈmiːvl/
(British English also primaeval)
[usually before noun]- from the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient
远古的；原始的 - primeval forests
原始森林 - primeval soup (= the mixture of gases and substances that is thought to have existed when the earth was formed and from which life started)
原始汤（=气体和物质的混合物，被认为在地球形成时就已经存在，生命由此开始）
- primeval forests
- (formal) (of a feeling, or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
出于原始天性的 - primeval urges
本能的欲望
- primeval urges
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin primaevus (from primus ‘first’ + aevum ‘age’) + -al.