primordial

太古の、原始の

非常に遠い昔、特に世界の歴史の始まりの時代に属する。

やさしい英語で： Belonging to the very distant past, especially the earliest history of the world.

• Life began in the primordial oceans.
• The film imagines a primordial world full of strange creatures.
• Scientists study how living things emerged from primordial soup.

類義語： primeval, prehistoric

よく使う表現： primordial soup, primordial ocean, primordial world

原初の、最初の

ほかのものがそこから発達する前に、最初から存在していた。

やさしい英語で： Existing first, before other things developed from it.

• The theory begins with primordial matter.
• They searched for the primordial source of the tradition.
• The model describes the universe in its primordial state.

類義語： original, initial, earliest

よく使う表現： primordial state, primordial matter, primordial source

原基の、初期発生の

生物やその一部が成長し始める、最初の段階に関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to the first stage of growth of a living thing or one of its parts.

• The image shows a primordial leaf.
• Primordial cells can develop into more specialized cells.
• The researchers examined primordial tissue in the embryo.

類義語： rudimentary

よく使う表現： primordial cell, primordial leaf, primordial tissue

始原の

地球ができたときから存在する元素や、その元素の形をいう。

やさしい英語で： Describing elements or forms of elements that have existed on Earth since it formed.

• Uranium contains primordial isotopes.
• The rocks preserve traces of primordial elements.
• Some primordial nuclides have survived because they decay very slowly.

よく使う表現： primordial isotope, primordial nuclide, primordial element

根本原理、根源的要素

ほかのものがそこから発展する、基本となる原理や要素。

やさしい英語で： A basic principle or element from which other things develop.

• The philosopher treated water as a primordial.
• These primordials form the basis of his theory.
• She sought a single primordial behind all existence.

類義語： first principle, basic element

よく使う表現： a primordial, fundamental primordial

原初状態

何かが変化や発達をする前の、最初の状態。

やさしい英語で： The earliest condition of something, before it changed or developed.

• The essay explores the primordial before all change.
• He imagined returning to the primordial.
• Her theory describes how order emerged from the primordial.

類義語： original state

よく使う表現： the primordial, return to the primordial