a.

1. 原始的；远古的；早期的[B]
   Primitive people often lived in caves.

   原始人常常住在山洞里。

2. 粗糙的；简单的；未开化的
   Living conditions in the village are still quite primitive.

   这个村子的生活条件仍然很原始。

3. 纯朴的；自然的；（画家）自学的；未经科班训练的
   primitive idea

   单纯的思想

4. 原来的；基本的
5. 【生】原生的
6. 【语】（词或语言）非派生的

n.[C]

1. 原（始）人；原始事物；纯朴的人
2. 文艺复兴以前的艺术家；风格纯朴如此时期的艺术家
   I've just bought a couple of French primitives.

   我刚买了两幅法国早期艺术家的作品。

3. 美以美教守旧派的信徒（Primitive Methodist）
4. 【语】原词，根词

adj.

1. relating to or denoting the earliest times in history or stages in evolution or development.
   ▸of or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society of simple organization.
   ▸Biology  undeveloped; rudimentary.
2. offering an extremely basic level of comfort, convenience, or efficiency.
3. (of behaviour or emotion) instinctive and unreasoning.
4. of or denoting a deliberately simple and direct artistic style.

n.

1. a person belonging to a primitive society.
2. a pre-Renaissance painter, or one employing a primitive style.
3. technical a word, expression, etc. from which others are derived.
   ▸Computing  any of a set of basic geometric shapes generated in computer graphics.