Primitive
['prɪmɪtɪv] or ['prɪmətɪv]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; '`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived'.
(noun.) a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
(noun.) a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization.
(adj.) used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; 'primitive societies' .
(adj.) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; 'primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking' .
整理:丽纳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
(a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
(n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
校對:莫利
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original, aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.[2]. Radical, underived.
a. [1]. Original, primeval, primal, primordial, aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.[2]. Radical, underived.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Old-fashioned, primeval, quaint, simple, unsophisticated, archaic, pristine
ANT:Modern, new-fangled, sophisticated, modish
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解釋/意思:
adj. belonging to the beginning or to the first times: original: ancient: antiquated old-fashioned: not derived: (biol.) rudimentary primary or first of its kind: (geol.) of the earliest formation.—n. a primitive word or one not derived from another: (math.) a form from which another is derived.—ns.pl. Prim′itive-col′ours the colours from which all others are supposed to be derived—viz. red yellow and blue; Prim′itive-fa′thers the Christian writers before the Council of Nice 325 A.D.—adv. Prim′itively.—n.pl. Prim′itive-Meth′odists a religious body founded in 1810 whose beliefs are the same as those of other Methodists but whose working arrangements are nearly Presbyterian.—n. Prim′itiveness.—n.pl. Prim′itive-rocks (see Primary-rocks).
手打:维罗妮卡
例句/造句/用法:
- This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- What was the primitive tissue? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Recourse to the primitive may furnish the fundamental elements of the present situation in immensely simplified form. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We seem to want the oldest and simplest human clothing where the clothing of the earth is so primitive. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The partial statement of natural development takes the primitive powers in an alleged spontaneous development as the end-all. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- As implied in a previous chapter, number relations are not clearly grasped by primitive races. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Edison constructed a primitive machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When this date approaches bands of natives set out from their primitive homes and go, in many instances, hundreds of miles into the forest lowlands. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- All savage and primitive peoples of to-day, on the contrary, are soaked in tradition--the tradition of thousands of generations. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There were no big land beasts at all; wallowing amphibia and primitive reptiles were the very highest creatures that life had so far produced. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The grazing of the primitive Aryan was far more important to him than his agriculture. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The burning logs gave warmth to the cabin and served as a primitive cooking agent; and the smoke which usually accompanies burning bodies was carried away by means of the chimney. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- About 5000 B.C., or earlier, the traces of these primitive peoples cease, and the true Egyptians appear on the scene. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There is little evidence of the primitive Aryans engaging in religious dances. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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