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primitive/ˈprimitiv/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 early, ancient; at an early stage of civilization 早期的；上古的；原始的 primitive man 原始人 2 undeveloped, crude, simple 未开化的；粗糙的；简单的 primitive methods 简单的方法 3 original, primary 原来的；最初的 4 Gram. & Philol. (of words or language) radical; not derivative 【语法】【语文】(词或语言)根词的；非派生的 5 Math. (of a line, figure, etc.) from which another is derived, from which some construction begins, etc. 【数】(线、图形等)本原的；原始的 6 (of a colour) primary (颜色)原来的；基本的 7 Geol. of the earliest period 【地质】原始的 8 Biol. appearing in the earliest or a very early stage of growth or evolution 【生】初期的；原生的 ●n. 1a a painter of the period before the Renaissance 文艺复兴时期以前的画家 b a modern imitator of such 模仿早期艺术风格的画家 c an untutored painter with a direct naive style (画风质朴)自学成才的画家 d a picture by such a painter (自学成才画家的)作品 2 a primitive word, line, etc. 原词(线等) □ primitively adv.□ primitiveness n.[Middle English from Old French primitif -ive or Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, via primitus ‘in the first place’ from primus ‘first’] |