primitive
primitive 英 [ˈprɪmətɪv] 美 [ˈprɪmɪtɪv]
adj. 原始的，落后的 n. 原始人
名词复数:primitives
- When we talk about "primitive man", we're usually talking about cavemen and other people who existed before the advent of table manners, but if your uncle speaks grunts and chews with his mouth open, you could describe him as primitive too.
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- adj. 原始的，落后的
- n. 原始人
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1. primitive tribes
原始部落
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2. primitive beliefs
原始的信仰
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3. primitive man
原始人
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4. The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
营地的设施非常简陋。
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5. a primitive instinct
原始本能
- primitive (adj.) late 14c., "of an original cause; of a thing from which something is derived; not secondary" (a sense now associated with primary), from Old French primitif "very first, original" (14c.) and directly from Latin primitivus "first or earliest of its kind," from primitus "at first," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)).
- primitive (n.) c. 1400, "original ancestor," from Latin primitivus (see primitive (adj.)). Meaning "aboriginal person in a land visited by Europeans" is from 1779, hence the sense "uncivilized person."
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