primitive men 原始人。 the primitive mode of life 原始生活方式。 a primitive mode of dressing 樸素的服裝。 primitive colours 原色。 the primitive chord 【音樂】基礎(chǔ)和音。 primitive rocks 原成巖。 primitive soil 生荒地。 n. 1.原(始)人;原始事物。 2.【語法】原詞,根詞;【數(shù)學(xué)】本原,原始。 3.早期藝術(shù)家(作品);模仿早期風(fēng)格的藝術(shù)家;原始派藝術(shù)家。 4.〔P-〕文藝復(fù)興期前的畫家(作品);自學(xué)而成的藝術(shù)家(作品);風(fēng)格質(zhì)樸的藝術(shù)家。 5.〔P-〕〔英國〕原始衛(wèi)理公會(huì)派教徒 (= P- Methodist)。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick'' is the primitive from which `picket'' is derived"
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 同義詞:primitive person,
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe" 同義詞:archaic,
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" 同義詞:crude, rude,
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" 同義詞:naive,