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单词 natal
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natal1

/ˈneɪt(ə)l /
adjective
Relating to the place or time of one’s birth: he was living in the south, many miles from his natal city...
  • The Aphelops bias is similar and could be explained as a natal birth bias.
  • The first was the birth or natal status of the child defined by social and canonical conventions, and the social status of the parents.
  • Most women give birth in their natal households, to which they return when childbirth is near.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin natalis, from nat- 'born', from the verb nasci.

Rhymes

natal2

/ˈneɪt(ə)l /
adjective Anatomy
Relating to the buttocks: the natal cleft...
  • The distribution of psoriasis on extensor surfaces, scalp and natal cleft helps distinguish psoriasis from discoid eczema.
  • A second patient brought mobile phone images of his partner's episodic natal cleft rash, which had defied GP and dermatological diagnosis for 3 years.
  • The operation consists of making a 5-7cm incision, usually in the natal cleft crease.

Origin

Late 19th century: from nates + -al.

Natal3

/nəˈtal / /nəˈtɑːl/
1A former province of South Africa, situated on the east coast. Having been a Boer republic and then a British colony, Natal acquired internal self-government in 1893 and became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910. It was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994.
From Latin Terra Natalis 'land of the day of birth', a name given by Vasco da Gama in 1497, because he sighted the entrance to what is now Durban harbour on Christmas Day
2A port on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte; population 774,230 (2007).

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