primitive

名词 primitive:

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
   同义词：primitive person
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

形容词 primitive:

1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
   同义词：crude, rude
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
   同义词：archaic
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
   同义词：naive

1. Primitive peoples deified the sun.
   原始部落将太阳奉为神。
2. The book is about the mythologies of primitive races.
   这本书是原始民族神话集。
3. The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.
   原始社会的结构并不一定就是简单的。
4. Primitive man made himself primitive tools from sharp stones and animal bones.
   原始人用尖石块和兽骨为自己制作原始的工具。
5. Small seashells were often used as a primitive kind of money.
   小贝壳常被用作简单的货币。

prim.i.tive

adj.Abbr. prim.（形容词）缩写 prim.
Not derived from something else; primary or basic.
基本的：不是从它物派生的；原本的或基本的

Of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval.
原始的，早期的：属于或关于最初的或原始的阶段或状态的；远古的
Being little evolved from an early ancestral type.
初民的：不从早期的遗传类型进化的
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated:
简单的：以简单或粗糙为特征的；朴实无华的：
例句：
primitive weapons.See Synonyms at rude
简陋的武器参见 rude

Anthropology Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity:
【人类学】 原始的，未开化的：属于或关于非工业化的文化的，通常指氏族文化的，尤指经济发展状况水平低下的氏族文化的：
例句：
primitive societies.
原始社会

Linguistics
【语言学】
Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms:
根词的：作为派生或屈折变化形式的基础的：
例句：
Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.
Pick 是 picket 得以派生出来的根词

Being a protolanguage:
原始母语的：
例句：
primitive Germanic.
原始日尔曼语

Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.
【数学】 原始的：一种代数的或几何的表达，基于此派生出另一种表达
Relating or belonging to forces of nature; elemental:
自然的，基本的：关于或属于自然力量的；基本的：
例句：
primitive passions.
天生的热情

Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.
未经正式训练的：由未经正式训练的艺术家创作的；在风格上简单或朴素的
Of or relating to the work of an artist from a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially a culture that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
原始艺术作品的：属于或关于非工业化的文化，特指经济发展状况水平低下的氏族文化的艺术家所创作的作品的
Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.
原初主义画家的：属于或关于中世纪后期或文艺复兴之前的欧洲画家或雕塑家的
Biology Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
【生物学】 原生的：出现于某一发展或进化早期阶段的或具有其特征的
n.（名词）
Anthropology A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
【人类学】 原始人：属于非工业化的文化，尤指经济发展状况水平低下的氏族文化的人
An unsophisticated person.
单纯的人：不世故的人
One that is at a low or early stage of development.
初期发展：处于低级或早期发展阶段的事物

One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
早期艺术家：某一艺术思潮发展初期阶段的艺术家，尤指文艺复兴以前的艺术家
An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.
原初主义艺术家：具有或喜爱质朴、直率、未受教育影响风格的艺术家，如油画家
A self-taught artist.
自学的艺术家
A work of art created by a primitive artist.
原初主义艺术家的作品
Linguistics A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
【语言学】 原词，根词：通过词法或历史过程派生出另一个词或词的屈折变化的词或词素
Computer Science A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.
【计算机科学】 基元：机器指令和翻译的最小的或最基本单位

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French primitif, primitive
源自 古法语 primitif, primitive
from Latin promitovus
源自 拉丁语 promitovus
from promitus [at first]
源自 promitus [起初，首先]
from promus [first] * see per
源自 promus [第一的] *参见 per

【引伸】
prim.itively
adv.（副词）
prim.itiveness 或
prim.itiv.ity
n.（名词）