| 单词 | primitive |
| 释义 | primitive adj. & n. --adj 1. early, ancient; at an early stage of civilization (primitive man). 2. undeveloped, crude, simple (primitive methods). 3. original, primary. 4. Gram. & Philol. (of words or language) radical; not derivative. 5. Math. (of a line, figure, etc.) from which another is derived, from which some construction begins, etc. 6. (of a colour) primary. 7. Geol. of the earliest period. 8. Biol. appearing in the earliest or a very early stage of growth or evolution. --n 1. a a painter of the period before the Renaissance. b a modern imitator of such. c an untutored painter with a direct na{iuml}ve style. d a picture by such a painter. 2. a primitive word, line, etc. Phrases and idioms the Primitive Church the Christian Church in its earliest times. Derivatives primitively adv. primitiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF primitif -ive or L primitivus first of its kind f. primitus in the first place f. primus first |
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