名詞 primitive:

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
   同義詞：primitive person
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

形容詞 primitive:

1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
   同義詞：crude, rude
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
   同義詞：archaic
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
   同義詞：naive

1. Primitive peoples deified the sun.
   原始部落將太陽奉為神。
2. The book is about the mythologies of primitive races.
   這本書是原始民族神話集。
3. The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.
   原始社會的結構并不一定就是簡單的。
4. Primitive man made himself primitive tools from sharp stones and animal bones.
   原始人用尖石塊和獸骨為自己制作原始的工具。
5. Small seashells were often used as a primitive kind of money.
   小貝殼常被用作簡單的貨幣。

prim.i.tive

adj.Abbr. prim.（形容詞）縮寫 prim.
Not derived from something else; primary or basic.
基本的：不是從它物派生的；原本的或基本的

Of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval.
原始的，早期的：屬于或關于最初的或原始的階段或狀態(tài)的；遠古的
Being little evolved from an early ancestral type.
初民的：不從早期的遺傳類型進化的
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated:
簡單的：以簡單或粗糙為特征的；樸實無華的：
例句：
primitive weapons.See Synonyms at rude
簡陋的武器參見 rude

Anthropology Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity:
【人類學】 原始的，未開化的：屬于或關于非工業(yè)化的文化的，通常指氏族文化的，尤指經濟發(fā)展狀況水平低下的氏族文化的：
例句：
primitive societies.
原始社會

Linguistics
【語言學】
Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms:
根詞的：作為派生或屈折變化形式的基礎的：
例句：
Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.
Pick 是 picket 得以派生出來的根詞

Being a protolanguage:
原始母語的：
例句：
primitive Germanic.
原始日爾曼語

Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.
【數(shù)學】 原始的：一種代數(shù)的或幾何的表達，基于此派生出另一種表達
Relating or belonging to forces of nature; elemental:
自然的，基本的：關于或屬于自然力量的；基本的：
例句：
primitive passions.
天生的熱情

Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.
未經正式訓練的：由未經正式訓練的藝術家創(chuàng)作的；在風格上簡單或樸素的
Of or relating to the work of an artist from a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially a culture that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
原始藝術作品的：屬于或關于非工業(yè)化的文化，特指經濟發(fā)展狀況水平低下的氏族文化的藝術家所創(chuàng)作的作品的
Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.
原初主義畫家的：屬于或關于中世紀后期或文藝復興之前的歐洲畫家或雕塑家的
Biology Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
【生物學】 原生的：出現(xiàn)于某一發(fā)展或進化早期階段的或具有其特征的
n.（名詞）
Anthropology A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
【人類學】 原始人：屬于非工業(yè)化的文化，尤指經濟發(fā)展狀況水平低下的氏族文化的人
An unsophisticated person.
單純的人：不世故的人
One that is at a low or early stage of development.
初期發(fā)展：處于低級或早期發(fā)展階段的事物

One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
早期藝術家：某一藝術思潮發(fā)展初期階段的藝術家，尤指文藝復興以前的藝術家
An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.
原初主義藝術家：具有或喜愛質樸、直率、未受教育影響風格的藝術家，如油畫家
A self-taught artist.
自學的藝術家
A work of art created by a primitive artist.
原初主義藝術家的作品
Linguistics A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
【語言學】 原詞，根詞：通過詞法或歷史過程派生出另一個詞或詞的屈折變化的詞或詞素
Computer Science A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.
【計算機科學】 基元：機器指令和翻譯的最小的或最基本單位

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French primitif, primitive
源自 古法語 primitif, primitive
from Latin promitovus
源自 拉丁語 promitovus
from promitus [at first]
源自 promitus [起初，首先]
from promus [first] * see per
源自 promus [第一的] *參見 per

【引伸】
prim.itively
adv.（副詞）
prim.itiveness 或
prim.itiv.ity
n.（名詞）