primitive
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system. 原始的 (社會)
...studies of primitive societies. …對原始社會的研究。
2. ADJ Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant. 原始的 (動物、植物)
...primitive whales. …原始鯨。
Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals. 原始人們需要能夠像這樣反應以逃脫危險的動物。
3. ADJ If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned. 簡陋的; 舊式的
The conditions are primitive by any standards. 這些條件以任何標準衡量都是簡陋的。
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primitive /?pr?m?t?v/
劍橋詞典
- relating to human society at a very early stage of development , with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
- These primitive peoples are believed to have worshipped the phallus as a symbol of regeneration.
- Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves .
- These creatures are generally taken to be descended from primitive fishes .
- a primitive stone axe
- The conditions at the campsite were rather primitive. 返回 primitive
原始的，早期的，遠古的
Primitive races colonized these islands 2,000 years ago. 原始種族2000年前開拓了這些島嶼。
primitive man 原始人
The spiny anteater is a mammal , although a very primitive one. 針鼴屬于哺乳動物，盡管是非常原始的一種。
C1 disapproving
Primitive living conditions are basic , unpleasant , and uncomfortable .
無現(xiàn)代設施的，簡陋的
Early settlers had to cope with very primitive living conditions . 早期殖民者不得不應付非常原始的生存條件。
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