native
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. 出生并从小长大的 (国家或地方)[ADJ n]
It was his first visit to his native country since 1948. 这是1948年以来他首次访问祖国。
2. N-COUNT A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. 本国人; 本地人
Dr. Aubin is a native of St. Louis. 奥宾医生是圣路易斯人。
3. ADJ Native is also an adjective. 本国的; 本地的[ADJ n]
Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian. 乔舒亚·哈尔彭是土生土长的北加州人。
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. 他们用武力将土著人驱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. 土著人被允许保留一些自己的传统文化和宗教。
6. ADJ Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child. 第一 (语言)[ADJ n]
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French. 她不仅讲她的母语瑞典语，还讲英语和法语。
7. ADJ Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there. 当地土生的 (动、植物)[ADJ n, v-link ADJ 'to' n]
...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines. …一个营造50英亩喀里多尼亚土生松林的项目。
8. N-COUNT Native is also a noun. 土生动植物
The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia. 这棵椰子树是马来西亚的土生植物。
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ (natives)
剑桥词典
- B2 [ 只用在名词前面的形容词 ]
- 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
出生国的；出生地的；土生土长的
She returned to live and work in her native Japan. 她回到她的出生地日本生活和工作。
She's a native Californian. 她是土生土长的加利福尼亚人。
used to refer to plants and animals that grow naturally in a place , and have not been brought there from somewhere else
（动植物）原产于某地的，土生的
Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55 species of native flowering plants . 太平洋的亨德森岛上有超过55种土生的开花植物。
The horse is not native to America - it was introduced by the Spanish . 马不是美洲原产的动物——是西班牙人带来的。
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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 . 原住民是澳大利亚的土著居民。
the native population 土著人口
native customs and traditions 土著风俗传统
也见 indigenous
your native language/tongue
the first language that you learn
母语
French is his native tongue . 法语是他的母语。
[ 只用在名词前面的形容词 ]
A native ability or characteristic is one that a person or thing has naturally and is part of their basic character .
天生的，与生俱来的
his native wit 他天生的智慧
也见 innate
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