late 15c., "pertaining to the four elements," from Medieval Latin elementalis, from Latin elementum (see element). Meaning "pertaining to the powers of nature" is from 1823. The noun in the occult sense "a spirit of the elements" is from 1877. Related: Elementally.
实用例句
1. the elemental fury of the storm
暴风雨的肆虐
来自《权威词典》
2. The storm stuck with elemental fury.
暴风雨以大自然的狂怒袭来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The city was struck by the elemental violence of the storm.
该城市遭到了大自然强烈风暴的袭击.
来自辞典例句
4. Elemental nitrogen is a very unreactive and inert material.
元素氮是一个十分不活跃的惰性物质.
来自辞典例句
5. One kind of elemental atoms and all other elemental atoms are variant.
