primitive
adj
1 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
of or at an early stage of social development 社會發展之早期的; 上古的; 原始的
primitive culture, customs, tribes 原始文化、 習俗、 部落
primitive man 原始人
primitive weapons, eg bows and arrows, spears 原始的武器(如弓箭、 矛).
2 (often derog 常作貶義) simple and unsophisticated, as if from an earlier period of history 簡陋的; 原始性的
They built a primitive shelter out of tree trunks. 他們用一些樹干建造了一個簡陋的棚子.
Living conditions in the camp were pretty primitive. 營地的生活條件甚為原始. primitive, n
(a) painter or sculptor of the period before the Renaissance 文藝復興前的畫家或雕刻家.
(b) artist of the modern period who paints in a simple childlike style (as if) without any formal artistic training (現代的)原始派藝術家(繪畫風格簡單且帶有稚氣, 或似未經專業訓練者).
(c) example of the work of a primitive 文藝復興前的畫家或雕刻家之作品; 現代的原始派藝術家之作品.