a.

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

   原始人常常住在山洞裡。

2. 粗糙的；簡單的；未開化的
   Living conditions in the village are still quite primitive.

   這個村子的生活條件仍然很原始。

3. 純樸的；自然的；（畫家）自學的；未經科班訓練的
   primitive idea

   單純的思想

4. 原來的；基本的
5. 【生】原生的
6. 【文】（詞或語言）非派生的

n.[C]

1. 原（始）人；原始事物；純樸的人
2. 文藝復興以前的藝術家；風格純樸如此時期的藝術家
   I've just bought a couple of French primitives.

   我剛買了兩幅法國早期藝術家的作品。

3. 美以美教守舊派的信徒（Primitive Methodist）
4. 【文】原詞，根詞

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.