| 单词 | primitive |
| 释义 | primitive (once / 260 pages) 1adjn 2adjn When we talk about "primitive man", we're usually talking about cavemen and other people who existed before the advent of table manners, but if your uncle speaks grunts and chews with his mouth open, you could describe him as primitive too. Primitive is related to the word prime, and the root of both words is primus, which is Latin for "first." Since the phrase "primitive man" refers to the world's first people, you might think that the word primate has something to do with the similarity between early humans and monkeys, but it doesn't. Monkey, apes, and humans are called primates because they're seen as standing on the first, or highest, rung of the animal-kingdom ladder. WORD FAMILYprimitive: primitively, primitiveness, primitives, primitivism+/primitivism: primitivisms USAGE EXAMPLESTo deny the tug of that on all your most primitive instincts is to deny that you are human at all. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Bayonne, a one-man band — not only in the studio but also live — who assembles dizzying pop songs that all segue together on his album, “Primitives.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Our body’s stress response is a primitive one that was designed to promote survival—to help us fight or flee from predators. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type primitive mammals the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe Syn archaic early being or occurring at an early stage of development 2adj used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies primitive societies Syn noncivilised, noncivilized not having a high state of culture and social development 3n a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper primitive person Odovacar Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) Aryan, Indo-European a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European autochthonthe earliest known inhabitants of a region Basket Makerearly Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodytesomeone who lives in a cave Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensisa type of primitive man who lived in Europe ape-man, missing linkhypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings Mound Builderprehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds Piltdown hoax, Piltdown mana supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax barbarian, savagea member of an uncivilized people feral man, wild mana person who is not socialized ape-mana person assumed to have been raised by apes anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eatera person who eats human flesh head-shrinker, headhuntera savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies hunter-gatherera member of a hunting and gathering society Vandala member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 wolf boya male person assumed to have been raised by wolves individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 1adj belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness primitive movies of the 1890s primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains Syn crude, rude early being or occurring at an early stage of development 2adj 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 Syn naive untrained not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training 3n a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived Hyper expression, formula a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement 4n a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived Hyper word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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