| 单词 | to go native |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go native to go native: (of a person living away from their home country or region) to adopt the culture, customs, or way of life of the country or region one is living in. Also in extended use. Cf. to go fante at Fante n. and adj. 2.Originally used derogatorily of white people in colonial territories, with the implication that to do this would be to lapse into savagery or barbarism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > be or become uncivilized [verb (intransitive)] Indianize1702 wilder1798 Hottentot1806 barbarize1824 to go native1901 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform > conform to native habits to go fante1885 to go native1901 1901 R. Kipling Kim 567/2 Kim did not sweep the board with his reminiscences; for St. Xavier's looks down on boys who ‘go native altogether’. 1928 L. P. Greene Red Idol 253 I do all the heavy work... That's the only thing that's saved me from going native altogether. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Sept. 694 Religious ceremonies which suggest to him that the new religion of Christianity [in S. America] has, after the fashion of new religions, gone native. 1948 O. Walker Kaffirs Are Lively 79 There were..white men who had ‘gone native’, as the saying is, and were living in remote kraals with a plurality of wives. 1983 C. Heimel Sex Tips for Girls (1986) xviii. 192 Do not decide to ‘go native’. There is something inherently unpleasant about a sophisticated girl from Chicago showing up at a kicker bar in Austin, Texas, in a ten-gallon hat and embroidered cowboy boots. 2006 A. Summers One Train Later xxiii. 294 The heat and lush, verdant topicality of the island drop you like a stone into a state of grooving relaxation, and within a couple of hours you go native. < as lemmas |
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