首页英语词典primitiveprimitive英英释意

primitive

英['prɪmɪtɪv] 美['prɪmətɪv]
  • adj. 原始的,远古的;简单的,粗糙的
  • n. 原始人

英英释意


1. a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms;
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"