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- relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something远古的, 早期的, 原始的：
primitive mammals
原始哺乳动物
Primitive Germanic.
原始日耳曼语。
1.1
- relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization未开化的：
primitive people.
未开化的人。
1.2
- having a quality or style that offers an extremely basic level of comfort, convenience, or efficiency最基本的, 极简单的, 质朴的：
the accommodation at the camp was a bit primitive.
营地的住宿条件有点简陋。
1.3
- (of behaviour, thought, or emotion) apparently originating in unconscious needs or desires and unaffected by objective reasoning（行为, 思想, 情感）本能的; 质朴的, 自然的：
the primitive responses we share with many animals.
我们与动物共有的本能反应。
1.4
- of or denoting a simple, direct style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques（艺术风格）朴实无华的。
2
- not developed or derived from anything else原来的, 原有的：
primitive material of the universe.
宇宙的原生物质。
2.1
- Linguistics denoting a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived【语言学】根词的, 非派生的。
2.2
- Mathematics (of an algebraic or geometric expression) from which another is derived, or which is not itself derived from another【数】（代数或几何表达式）本原的, 原始的。
3
- Biology (of a part or structure) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary【生】原始的, 原生的。参见PRIMITIVE STREAK.
1
- a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture原始人, 未开化的土人。
2
- a pre-Renaissance painter文艺复兴前的画家。
2.1
- a modern painter who imitates the pre-Renaissance style模仿文艺复兴前艺术风格的现代画家。
2.2
- an artist employing a simple, naive style that deliberately rejects subtlety or conventional techniques风格质朴的艺术家。
2.3
- a painting by a primitive artist, or an object in a primitive style早期艺术家的绘画作品, 早期风格物品。
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- Linguistics a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived【语言学】词根, 原词; 原（词）素。
3.1
- Mathematics an algebraic or geometric expression from which another is derived; a curve of which another is the polar or reciprocal【数】基本式; 本原, 原始; 初基。
3.2
- Computing a simple operation or procedure of a limited set from which complex operations or procedures may be constructed, especially a simple geometric shape which may be generated in computer graphics by such an operation or procedure【计算机】图元; 原语。
派生词
primitively
adverbprimitiveness
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'original， not derivative'）： from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus 'first of its kind'， from primus 'first'.