primitive

adjective

/ˈprɪmətɪv/

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[usually before noun] belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc.
- primitive tribes
- primitive beliefs
[usually before noun] belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals
- primitive man
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very simple and old-fashioned, especially when something is also not convenient and comfortable synonym crude
- The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
- The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
- Transport remained very primitive.
[usually before noun] (of a feeling or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
- a primitive instinct

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.

primitive

noun

/ˈprɪmətɪv/

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an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period
an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.

单词	primitive
释义	primitive adjective /ˈprɪmətɪv/ /ˈprɪmətɪv/ jump to other results [usually before noun] belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc. primitive tribes primitive beliefs [usually before noun] belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals primitive man Topics Historyc1 very simple and old-fashioned, especially when something is also not convenient and comfortable synonym crude The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards. The facilities on the campsite were very primitive. Transport remained very primitive. [usually before noun] (of a feeling or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life a primitive instinct Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’. primitive noun /ˈprɪmətɪv/ /ˈprɪmətɪv/ jump to other results an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.
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