[ADJ 形容词]. 出生地的;儿时居住的 Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up
[ADJ n]
It was his first visit to his native country since 1948...
这是自1948年以来他首次回到自己的祖国。
Mother Teresa visited her native Albania.
特雷莎修女访问了她的祖国阿尔巴尼亚。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]本国人;本地人 A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region.
[N of n]
[ADJ n]
Dr Aubin is a native of St Blaise.
奥宾博士是圣布莱斯人。
...two Dutch volunteer workmen, natives of Tilburg.
来自蒂尔堡的两个荷兰志愿工人
Native is also an adjective.
Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian.
乔舒亚·哈尔彭是土生土长的北加州人。
...men and women native to countries such as Japan.
出生在像日本这样国家的人们
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]土人,土著(一些欧洲人指非西方国家的原住民,可能具冒犯意味) 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.
They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.
他们使用武力把土著居民驱逐出了比较肥沃的土地。
Native is also an adjective.
Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion.
当地原住民获准可以保留一些自己的传统文化和宗教。
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[ADJ 形容词](语言)本国的,出生地的 Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child.
[ADJ n]
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French...
她不仅讲自己的母语瑞典语,还讲英语和法语。
French is not my native tongue.
法语不是我的母语。
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[ADJ 形容词](动植物)当地土生的,原产地的 Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there.
[ADJ n]
[N of n]
...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines...
营造50英亩喀里多尼亚土生松树林的项目
Many of the plants are native to Brazil.
这些植物中有很多原产地在巴西。
Native is also a noun.
The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.
椰子树原产于马来西亚。
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[ADJ 形容词](能力或品质)生来就有的,天赋的 A native ability or quality is one that you possess naturally without having to learn it.
[ADJ n]
We have our native inborn talent, yet we hardly use it.
我们有天生的才能,但我们却几乎未曾使用过。
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[PHRASE 短语](移居他国的人)入乡随俗,同化 If you say that someone who is living away from their own country goes native, you mean that they try to live and dress like the local people.
[V inflects]
[disapproval]
You don't think he's gone native, do you? Perhaps he has married out there and decided he can't come home.
你觉得他并没有入乡随俗,是吗?可能他和那里的人结了婚,认定回不了家了。
Oxford
na·tive/ˈneɪtɪv; NAmEˈneɪtɪv/
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nativenativesadjective1[only before noun ]connected with the place where you were born and lived for the first years of your life 出生地的;儿时居住地的◆your native land/country/city你的故乡╱祖国╱故里◆It is a long time since he has visited his native Chile.他很久没有回故乡智利了。◆Her native language is Korean.她的母语是朝鲜语。☞see also
native speaker
2[only before noun ]connected with the place where you have always lived or have lived for a long time 本地的;当地的◆native Berliners土生土长的柏林人3[only before noun ]( sometimes offensive) connected with the people who originally lived in a country before other people, especially white people, came there 土著的;土著人的◆native peoples土著民族◆native art土著艺术4native(to…) (of animals and plants 动植物)existing naturally in a place 原产于某地的;土产的;当地的SYN
indigenous
◆the native plants of America美国的土生植物◆The tiger is native to India.这种虎原产于印度。◆native species当地的物种5[only before noun ]that you have naturally without having to learn it 天赋的;与生俱来的SYN
innate
◆native cunning与生俱来的狡猾IDIOMgo ˈnative( often humorous) (of a person staying in another country 移居异国的人)to try to live and behave like the local people 入乡随俗;同化noun1a person who was born in a particular country or area 出生于某国(或某地)的人◆a native of New York纽约人2a person who lives in a particular place, especially sb who has lived there a long time 本地人;当地人SYN
local
◆You can always tell the difference between the tourists and the natives.游客与当地人之间的区别一望即知。◆She speaks Italian like a native.她的意大利语说得和意大利人一样。3( old-fashioned,offensive) a word used in the past by Europeans to describe a person who lived in a place originally, before white people arrived there (旧时欧洲人用以称呼先于白人居住在某地的人)土著◆disputes between early settlers and natives早期移民和土著之间的纷争4an animal or a plant that lives or grows naturally in a particular area 本地的动物(或植物)◆The kangaroo is a native of Australia.袋鼠是产于澳大利亚的动物。na·tive/ˈneɪtɪv; NAmEˈneɪtɪv/
LDC
native1 adjective
native2 noun
nativena‧tive1 /ˈneɪtɪv/ ●●○S3W3 adjective
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1country [only before noun] your native country, town etc is the place where you were born → home: They never saw their native land again. He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.2 native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place3native language/tongue the language you spoke when you first learned to speakSYN first language: English is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.4plant/animal growing, living, produced etc in one particular placeSYN indigenous: Singapore has many native species of palm.native to These fish are native to North America.5art/custom [only before noun] native customs, traditions etc are related to people who lived in a particular country before European people arrived there: the native traditions of Peru stalls selling native jewelry native folklore6natural [only before noun] a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth: her native wit7go native to behave, dress, or speak like the people who live in the country where you have come to stay or work – used humorously: Austen has been living in New Guinea so long he’s gone native.
native1 adjective
native2 noun
nativenative2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a person who was born in a particular placenative of a native of Switzerland2someone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long timenative of He has become a native of Glasgow.3[usually plural] not polite 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: · He was not certain whether the natives were friendly.4a plant or animal that grows or lives naturally in a placenative of The bear was once a native of Britain.
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