primitive
原始的,原始,原始人,原始人的
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Definitions
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- : being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- : early in the history of the world or of humankind.
- : characteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development: primitive toolmaking.
- : Anthropology. of or relating to a preliterate or tribal people having cultural or physical similarities with their early ancestors.
- : unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences; uncivilized: primitive passions.
- : being in its earliest period; early: the primitive phase of the history of a town.
- : old-fashioned: primitive ideas and habits.
- : simple; unsophisticated: a primitive farm implement.
- : crude; unrefined: primitive living conditions.
- : Linguistics. of or relating to a form from which a word or other linguistic form is derived; not derivative; original or radical.of or relating to a protolanguage.of or relating to a linguistic prime.
- : primary, as distinguished from secondary.
- : Biology. rudimentary; primordial. noting species, varieties, etc., only slightly evolved from early antecedent types.of early formation and temporary, as a part that subsequently disappears.
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- : someone or something primitive.
- : Fine Arts. an artist of a preliterate culture.a naive or unschooled artist.an artist belonging to the early stage in the development of a style.a work of art by a primitive artist.
- : Mathematics. a geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived.a function of which the derivative is a given function.
- : Linguistics. the form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived, by either morphological or historical processes, as take in undertake.
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Examples
Otherwise, don’t be scared to primitive-camp outside of a campground.
It distorts our view of nature and makes all the other species around us seem more primitive and somehow unfinished.
The result is a primitive wine, completely handmade, the product of prison inventiveness.
While there is some primitive camping inside the park boundaries, most visitors choose one of the privately owned campgrounds or “resorts” that sit adjacent to the park proper.
The majority of the island is protected, so expect a primitive beach-going experience.
When we assign a primitive “not me” status to another individual or social group, it can—and does—take us down a destructive path.
We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.
We cannot keep judging mothers by a primitive, antiquated, simplistic standard.
It also may relate to our still primitive understanding of the natural history of Ebola virus infection.
When the group seized control of Gaza in 2007, its primitive rockets had a range of no more than 25 miles.
Something remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
A writer has truthfully said in regard to associating the name and use of the plant with the primitive users of it.
In this way child's play, like primitive art, shows a certain unconscious selectiveness.
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
“They have a primitive mode of conducting funerals here,” said Tom Brown when the major had left.