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  • adj. 原始的, 简单的
  • [英] adj. 原始的, 简单的 ( not derived; original, primary)
  • [记] prim ( 最早的) +titive
  • [例] The museum displayed the skeleton of a primitive ape.

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I. adjective

  • Etymology: Middle English primitif, from Latin primitivus first formed, from primitiae first fruits, from primus first — more at prime
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1.
  • 2.
    • a. of or relating to the earliest age or period ; primeval <the primitive church>
    • b. closely approximating an early ancestral type ; little evolved <primitive mammals>
    • c. belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development ; crude, rudimentary <primitive technology>
    • d. of, relating to, or constituting the assumed parent speech of related languages <primitive Germanic>
  • 3.
    • a. elemental, natural <our primitive feelings of vengeance — John Mackwood>
    • b. of, relating to, or produced by a people or culture that is nonindustrial and often nonliterate and tribal <primitive art>
    • c. naive
    • d.
      • (1) self-taught, untutored <primitive craftsmen>
      • (2) produced by a self-taught artist <a primitive painting>
  • ? primitively adverb
  • ? primitiveness noun
  • ? primitivity noun

II. noun

  • Date: 15th century
  • 1.
    • a. something primitive; specifically a primitive idea, term, or proposition
    • b. a root word
  • 2.
    • a.
      • (1) an artist of an early period of a culture or artistic movement
      • (2) a later imitator or follower of such an artist
    • b.
      • (1) a self-taught artist
      • (2) an artist whose work is marked by directness and na?veté
    • c. a work of art produced by a primitive artist
    • d. a typically rough or simple usually handmade and antique home accessory or furnishing
  • 3.
    • a. a member of a primitive people
    • b. an unsophisticated person


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