形容词

名词

1. 原始的；远古的；未开化的
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system.

2. （动植物）原始的，低等的，进化初期的
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.

3. 古老的；简陋的
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned.

1. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived

2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

3. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: primitive person