请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

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
随便看

 

英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/10 16:51:04