primitive
adjective
uk/ˈprɪm.ɪ.tɪv/us/ˈprɪm.ə.t̬ɪv/C1
relatingtohumansocietyat a very earlystageofdevelopment, withpeoplelivingin asimpleway withoutmachinesor a writingsystem:
原始的，早期的，远古的Primitiveracescolonizedtheseislands2,000yearsago.原始种族2000年前开拓了这些岛屿。
primitive man原始人
Thespinyanteateris amammal,althougha very primitive one.针鼹属于哺乳动物，尽管是非常原始的一种。
C1disapproving
Primitivelivingconditionsarebasic,unpleasant, anduncomfortable:
无现代设施的，简陋的Earlysettlershad tocopewith very primitivelivingconditions.早期殖民者不得不应付非常原始的生存条件。
- These primitivepeoplesarebelievedto haveworshippedthephallusas asymbolofregeneration.
- Twelve thousandyearsago,ourancestorswere primitivesavageslivingincaves.
- Thesecreaturesaregenerallytaken to bedescendedfrom primitivefishes.
- a primitivestoneaxe
- Theconditionsat thecampsitewereratherprimitive.
Prehistory
- anatosaurus
- apatosaurus
- Australopithecus
- brachiosaurus
- broch
- henge
- Holocene
- ice age
- ichthyosaur
- iguanodon
- paleo
- Permian
- pictograph
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- stegosaurus
- stone circle
- stone-age
- T-Rex
- theropod
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Comfortable and uncomfortable