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Related topics: Nationality & race, Plants, Animals, Anthropology

na·tive1 /ˈneɪtɪv/ S3 W3 adjectiveadj

1 country 国家SANCOUNTRY/NATION [only before noun] your native country, town etc is the place where you were born 出生地的 → home

They never saw their native land again.

他们再也没见到故土。

He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.

他大部分的职业生涯都没在祖国波兰度过。

2. native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place 土生土长的纽约人/当地人口/当地居民等

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native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc• Although he was a native New Yorker, like many denizens of that city he had a romantic view of country life.

3 native language/tongue SLLthe language you spoke when you first learned to speak 本国语，本地语，母语 SYN first language

English is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.

我们有差不多一半的海外游客母语不是英语。

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native language/tongue• English is not his native language.• But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all, but are characteristics of a pupil's native language.• It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue.• Some of the early researchers took a pessimistic view of what we would lose with the disappearance of native languages.• But for most of us our native tongue is alive and constantly shifting.• And as they learn their native language, they also use language to learn other things.

4 plant/animal 植物/动物HBPHBA growing, living, produced etc in one particular place 土生土长的，当地的 SYN indigenous

Singapore has many native species of palm.

新加坡有很多土生的棕榈树种。

native to

These fish are native to North America.

这些鱼原产于北美。

5 art/custom 艺术/习俗SACOME FROM/ORIGINATE [only before noun] native customs, traditions etc are related to people who lived in a particular country before European people arrived there 土著的；土著人的

the native traditions of Peru

秘鲁的土著传统

stalls selling native jewelry

售卖土著首饰的货摊

native folklore

土著民俗

6 natural 天生的KNOW something [only before noun] a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth 天生的

her native wit

她天生的机智风趣

7 go native SAIMITATEto behave, dress, or speak like the people who live in the country where you have come to stay or work – used humorously 入乡随俗〔幽默用法〕

Austen has been living in New Guinea so long he’s gone native.

奥斯汀在新几内亚住了那么久，已经入乡随俗了。

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go native• Austen has been living in Papua New Guinea so long he's gone native.• There would be no going native at Zhanjiang.

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native• the region's native birds• Some one thought of my self-portraits was of a native boy.• This led to the development of personal privilege and wealth as these native collaborators colluded in the exploitation of their compatriots.• After a few years, she was sent back to her native country.• a blend of native culture and Christianity• Domingo has homes in Monte Carlo and in his native Madrid.• Until recently, however, native maps and mapping have tended to be treated as curiosities and in very narrow contexts.• Consensys is looking to add a native Motif implementation for those that require it.• They marched directly to the native plants garden and knew exactly what to begin looking for.• No doubt Eliza spent hours scouring the beds and walkways for native plants to incorporate in her bird drawings.• They are native to dry and sterile regions.• They were in the fifth field near a copse of native trees when the incident occurred.

native species• So many have been released in the wild that they're threatening native species.• Unchecked by natural predators and conditions, they reproduce by the millions, chasing out native species.• The new Bill covers introduced as well as native species and will allow ministers to decide which animals may be commercially bred.• The three native species are all winter visitors in the central and southern parts of the region.• But 25 native species are endangered, seven to the verge of extinction.• Zoologists say the problem's so bad native species could be at risk.• However, it has been claimed that there are two native species of honey-producing wasps in California.• Stick to native species to ensure the tree is suitable for the soil in your area.

Related topics: Nationality & race, Plants, Animals

native2 noun [countableC]

1 COME FROM/ORIGINATEa person who was born in a particular place 出生于某地的人

native of

a native of Switzerland

一个出生在瑞士的人

2 LIVE SOMEWHEREsomeone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long time 本地人，当地人；久居某地的人

native of

He has become a native of Glasgow.

他已经成了格拉斯哥人。

3 [usually plural] not politeSANCOME FROM/ORIGINATE a word used by white people in the past to refer to the people who lived in America, Africa, southern Asia etc before European people arrived, now considered offensive 土著人〔旧时白人称呼先于欧洲人居住在美洲、非洲和南亚等地的当地人〕

He was not certain whether the natives were friendly.

他不敢肯定土著人是否友好。

4 HBPHBAa plant or animal that grows or lives naturally in a place 当地土生的植物[动物]

native of

The bear was once a native of Britain.

熊曾是英国的土生动物。

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native• She is a native of Ballinasloe and has many interests including reading, music and television.• Sam Smith is one of many natives who wish good times had never come to Williamson County.• We have to decipher these other natives of the forest if we want to understand the landscape.• The only reasons for the establishment of Kuznetsk were to collect and trade in furs and control the natives.• It was easy to tell the natives from the tourists.• They often loaned firearms to the natives and opened their homes to them.• The natives are the ones manning the stalls selling papal T-shirts, key rings and statues.• He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.

native of• Barber is a native of Arlington, Virginia.• Basil is a native of Thailand and India.

Origin native1

(1300-1400) French natif, from Latin nativus, from natus; → NATION

na·tive1 adjectiveadjnative2 noun

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