native
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. 出生竝從小長(zhǎng)大的 (國(guó)家或地方)[ADJ n]
It was his first visit to his native country since 1948. 這是1948年以來他首次訪問祖國(guó)。
2. N-COUNT A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. 本國(guó)人; 本地人
Dr. Aubin is a native of St. Louis. 奧賓毉生是聖路易斯人。
3. ADJ Native is also an adjective. 本國(guó)的; 本地的[ADJ n]
Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian. 喬舒亞·哈爾彭是土生土長(zhǎng)的北加州人。
4. N-COUNT Some European people use native to refer to a person living in a non-Western country who belongs to the race or tribe that the majority of people there belong to. This use could cause offence. 土著
They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land. 他們用武力將土著人敺逐出更加肥沃的土地。
5. ADJ Native is also an adjective. 土著的[ADJ n]
Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion. 土著人被允許保畱一些自己的傳統(tǒng)文化和宗教。
6. ADJ Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child. 第一 (語(yǔ)言)[ADJ n]
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French. 她不僅講她的母語(yǔ)瑞典語(yǔ)，還講英語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)。
7. ADJ Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there. 儅地土生的 (動(dòng)、植物)[ADJ n, v-link ADJ 'to' n]
...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines. …一個(gè)營(yíng)造50英畝喀裡多尼亞土生松林的項(xiàng)目。
8. N-COUNT Native is also a noun. 土生動(dòng)植物
The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia. 這棵椰子樹是馬來西亞的土生植物。
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native /?ne?t?v/ (natives)
劍橋詞典
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- Sri Lanka is my native country , but I've been living in Belgium for the past five years .
- These bracelets were crafted by native Americans.
- The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population .
- The game is thought to have originated among the native peoples of Alaska .
- Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast .
relating to or describing someone's country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place
出生國(guó)的；出生地的；土生土長(zhǎng)的
She returned to live and work in her native Japan. 她廻到她的出生地日本生活和工作。
She's a native Californian. 她是土生土長(zhǎng)的加利福尼亞人。
used to refer to plants and animals that grow naturally in a place , and have not been brought there from somewhere else
（動(dòng)植物）原産於某地的，土生的
Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55 species of native flowering plants . 太平洋的亨德森島上有超過55種土生的開花植物。
The horse is not native to America - it was introduced by the Spanish . 馬不是美洲原産的動(dòng)物——是西班牙人帶來的。
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relating to the first people to live in an area
土著的，土著人的
The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia . 原住民是澳大利亞的土著居民。
the native population 土著人口
native customs and traditions 土著風(fēng)俗傳統(tǒng)
也見
indigenous
?your native language/tongue
the first language that you learn
母語(yǔ)
French is his native tongue . 法語(yǔ)是他的母語(yǔ)。
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A native ability or characteristic is one that a person or thing has naturally and is part of their basic character .
天生的，與生俱來的
his native wit 他天生的智慧
也見
innate
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