1 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) connected with the place where you were born or where you have always lived 出生地的;故乡的:
your native language/country/city本国语;祖国;出生的城市native Londoners伦敦本地人
2 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) connected with the people who originally lived in a country before other people, especially white people, came to live there 土生土长的,土著的(尤指在白人到来之前):
native art/dance土著的艺术╱舞蹈☞Be careful. This sense of native is sometimes considered offensive. 注意:native的这个义项有时被认为含有贬意。
3native (to...) (used about an animal or plant) living or growing naturally in a particular place (指动物或植物)土生的:
This plant is native to South America.这种植物是南美土生的。a native species/habitat土生的物种;原产地
native²
/ˈneɪtɪv ||; ˈnetɪv/noun[C]
1 a person who was born in a particular place 当地人;本地人:
a native of New York纽约本地人
2 [usu.pl] (old-fashioned 旧) the people who were living in Africa, America, etc originally, before the Europeans arrived there (非洲、美洲等的)土人,土著
☞Be careful. This sense of native is now considered offensive. 注意:native的这个义项现在被认为含有贬意。
native1/ˋnetIv; ˈneItIv/adj 1 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] relating to the place where you were born or have always lived 出生地的: He returned to his native Poland. 他回到了故乡波兰。native Californian/New Yorker etc 土生土长的加利福尼亚人/纽约人等native language/tongue (=the language you first learned to speak) 母语[本国语﹐本地语]2 a native plant or animal grows or lives naturally somewhere, and was not brought there from somewhere else〔动植物〕土生的﹐当地的: native species of trees 当地土生的树种
native2n [C] 1 someone who was born in a particular country 出生于某地的人: +of a native of Brazil 一个巴西的本地人2 [usually plural 一般用复数] old-fashioned a word used in the past to refer to the people who lived in Africa, America etc before Europeans arrived. Many people now consider this use to be offensive.【过时】土著人〔旧时对先于欧洲人居住在非洲﹑美洲等地的当地人的称呼; 现在许多人认为此词具冒犯性〕
nativenative1adjectiveconnected with the place where you were born: I returned to my native country.My native language is German.nativenativenatives2nouna person who was born in a place: He's a native of Liverpool.