connected with the earliest origins of life; very basic synonym primeval原始的;最初的;根源的;根本的 the primal hunter-gatherer 原始狩猎采集者 a primal urge/fear 本能的欲望/恐惧
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrimal is used with these nouns:- fear
- urge
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin primalis, from Latin primus ‘first’.