单词 | nonnative |
释义 | nonnative (once / 241211 pages) adj WORD FAMILY native: natively, nativeness, natives, nativity, nonnative+/nativity: nativities USAGE EXAMPLESAt their schools, which are filled with nonnative English speakers like themselves, they are happy and earning good grades. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) The National Park Service’s latest attempt to find a way to kill lake trout eggs is by dumping the dead nonnative fish on the eggs. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) But Hustedt also questions the distinction between native and nonnative for a species that is already so ubiquitous. Science Magazine(Oct 25, 2016) 1adj of persons born in another area or country than that lived in our large nonnative population Syn foreign-born foreign, strange relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world 2adj of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing Syn foreign, strange relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world 3adj not being or composed of aborigines the nonnative population of South Africa Ant aboriginal, native characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
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