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primordial 音标拼音: [prɪm'ɔrdiəl] [prɑɪm'ɔrdiəl] a. 原始的,自原始时代的,最初的 原始的,自原始时代的,最初的 primordial adj 1: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [synonym: {aboriginal}, {primal}, {primeval}, {primaeval}, {primordial}] Primordial \Pri*mor"di*al\, n. A first principle or element. [1913 Webster] Primordial \Pri*mor"di*al\, a. [L. primordialis, from primordium the first beginning; primus first ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. primordial.] 1. First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition. "The primordial facts of our intelligent nature." --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also {Cambrian}, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell. [1913 Webster] {Primordial utricle} (Bot.), the interior lining of a young vegetable cell. [1913 Webster] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for "primordial":
aboriginal, ancestral, antepatriarchal, atavistic, autochthonous, basal, basic, central, crucial, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, generative, genetic, germinal, humanoid, in embryo, in ovo, original, patriarchal, preadamite, preglacial, pregnant, prehistoric, prehuman, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primoprimitive, pristine, protogenic, protohistoric, protohuman, radical, rudimentary, seminal
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