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1. Oxford Dictionary

   primitive

   • IPA[ˈprɪmɪtɪv]

   英式

   • adj.
     relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something；relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization
   • n.
     a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society；a pre-Renaissance painter, or one who imitates the pre-Renaissance style.

   • noun: primitive, plural noun: primitives

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something primitive mammals Primitive Germanic 同義詞 ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, ... 更多antique, primordial, primeval, primal, primary, lower, original, proto-, ur-, rareautochthonous, autochthonic, primigenial反義詞 modern, recent, developed
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization primitive people 同義詞 preliterate, non-industrial, pre-industrial, undeveloped, indigenous, ... 更多aboriginal, simple, unsophisticated反義詞 advanced, literate, industrial
   • ▪ (of behaviour or emotion) apparently originating in unconscious needs or desires and unaffected by objective reasoning the primitive responses we share with many animals
   • ▪ of or denoting a simple, naive style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques the Fauves saw primitive art as a liberating force 同義詞 simple, natural, unsophisticated, naive, unaffected, ... 更多undeveloped, childlike, innocent, artless, unpretentious, untaught, untrained, untutored反義詞 sophisticated, refined
   • 2. very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency the accommodation at the camp was a bit primitive 同義詞 crude, simple, rough, basic, elementary, ... 更多rough-hewn, rudimentary, undeveloped, unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, rough and ready, makeshift, old-fashioned, obsolete, archaic反義詞 sophisticated, advanced
   • 3. not developed or derived from anything else primitive material of the universe
   • ▪ denoting a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived.
   • ▪ (of an algebraic or geometric expression) from which another is derived, or which is not itself derived from another.
   • 4. (of a part or structure) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives
   • 2. a pre-Renaissance painter, or one who imitates the pre-Renaissance style.
   • ▪ an artist deliberately employing a simple, naive style the Catalan primitives
   • ▪ a painting by a primitive artist, or an object in a primitive style Santa Fe style antiques and Mexican primitives Ohio primitives such as treenware utensils
   • 3. a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived.
   • ▪ an algebraic or geometric expression from which another is derived; a curve of which another is the polar or reciprocal.
   • ▪ any of a set of basic geometric shapes which may be generated in computer graphics the program includes a complete set of drawing primitives