native
adj
noun
ˈneɪtɪv
adj
1
COUNTRY
国家
your
native
country,
town
etc
is
the
place
where
you
were
born
出生地的;
only before noun 仅用于名词前
They
never
saw
their
native
land
again.
他们再也没见到自己的故土。
He
spent
most
of
his
professional
life
outside
his
native
Poland.
他大部分的职业生涯都不在祖国波兰度过。
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
3
native language/tongue
the
language
you
spoke
when
you
first
learned
to
speak
本国语，本地语，母语;
English
is
not
the
native
language
for
almost
half
of
our
overseas
visitors.
我们有差不多一半海外游客的母语不是英语。
4
PLANT/ANIMAL
植物/动物
growing,
living,
produced
etc
in
one
particular
place
土生土长的，当地的;
Singapore
has
many
native
species
of
palm.
新加坡有很多土生的棕榈树种。
[+
to
]
These
fish
are
native
to
North
America.
这些鱼原产于北美。
5
ART/CUSTOM
艺术/习俗
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
only before noun 仅用于名词前
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
a
native
ability
is
one
that
you
have
naturally
from
birth
天生的
only before noun 仅用于名词前
her
native
wit
她天生的机智风趣
7
go native
to
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。
noun
8
a
person
who
was
born
in
a
particular
place
出生于某地的人
[+
of
]
a
native
of
Switzerland
一个出生在瑞士的人
9
someone
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
[+
of
]
He
has
become
a
native
of
Glasgow.
他已经成了格拉斯哥人。
10
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
[不礼貌] 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〕
usually plural 一般用复数 | not polite
He
was
not
certain
whether
the
natives
were
friendly.
他不敢肯定那些土著人是否友好。
11
a
plant
or
animal
that
grows
or
lives
naturally
in
a
place
当地土生的植物 （动物 ）
[+
of
]
The
bear
was
once
a
native
of
Britain.
熊曾是英国的土生动物。