| 单词 | native |
| 释义 | native (neɪtɪv ) Word forms: natives 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948. Mother Teresa visited her native Albania. 2. countable noun A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. Dr Aubin is a native of St Blaise. [+ of] ...two Dutch volunteer workmen, natives of Tilburg. Native is also an adjective. Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian. ...men and women native to countries such as Japan. [+ to] 3. countable noun 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. Native is also an adjective. Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child. She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French. French is not my native tongue. Synonyms: mother, indigenous, vernacular 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there. ...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines. Many of the plants are native to Brazil. [+ to] Native is also a noun. The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia. [+ of] 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A native ability or quality is one that you possess naturally without having to learn it. We have our native inborn talent, yet we hardly use it. 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Native computer software, apps, or codes are designed to run on a particular system. This new native app is a significant improvement on the existing experience. 8. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Native adverts are part of the content of a website or app. Two thirds of advertisers plan to increase spending on native ads this year. She works in native advertising. 9. go native phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone who is living away from their own country goes native, you mean that they start to live and behave like the local people. Translations: Chinese: 本国的, 本国人 Japanese: 出生地の, ～の出身者 |
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