elemental
英 [,elɪ'ment(ə)l]
美[,ɛlɪ'mɛntl]
- adj. 基本的；主要的；自然力的；四大要素的（土、水、气、火）
英英释意
- 1. being or resembling a force of nature;
- "elemental violence"
- 2. being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything;
- "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London
- "the ultimate ingredients of matter"
- "his proposal is elegantly simple"
- 3. relating to or being an element;
- "elemental sulphur"
- 4. relating to severe atmospheric conditions;
- "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard