英语词汇“natural”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	natural
释义	nat·u·ral I. \ˈnach(ə)rəl+V also -chərl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French natural, naturel, from Latin naturalis, from natura nature + -alis -al — more at nature 1. : based upon the innate moral feeling or inherent sense of right and wrong held to characterize mankind < principles of equity and natural justice — J.D.Johnson > — see natural law 2. a. : in accordance with or determined by nature : based upon the operations of the physical world < natural year > — see natural logarithm, natural number; compare day 1, 2 b. : having or constituting a classification or other method of arrangement based on features existing in nature 3. a. chiefly dialect (1) : begotten as distinguished from adopted; especially : begotten in wedlock : legitimate < all the children, whether male or female, natural or adopted — Thomas Robinson > (2) : being a relation by actual consanguinity or kinship by descent as distinguished from adoption < any child … found guilty of cursing or striking his natural parents — American Guide Series: Connecticut > b. (1) : born out of wedlock; specifically : illegitimate — see natural child (2) : being a relation by consanguinity as opposed to a legally recognized relationship 4. : having an essential relationship with someone or something : possessing a normal connection with someone or something : consonant with the nature or character of someone or something < his guilt is a natural deduction from the facts > 5. : implanted or held to be implanted by nature : existing or present from birth : being part of the constitution of a person : not acquired : inborn, innate < some natural inability to observe — Ellen Glasgow > < our natural abhorrence of war — F.D.Roosevelt > — see natural parts 2 6. : of, relating to, or concerned with nature as an object of study and research < some natural observations made — Philosophical Transactions > — see natural history, natural philosophy, natural science 7. : having a specified character by nature < natural fool > < natural idiot > < natural pacer > < a natural leader > 8. : white 3c < natural magic > 9. a. : occurring in conformity with the ordinary course of nature : not supernatural, marvelous, or miraculous < the natural process of growth — H.W.H.King > < a world where natural forces overwhelmed him — R.B.West > < the rate of natural increase of the … population was quite high — Kingsley Davis > < natural causes > b. : having a normal or usual character : not exceptional < digressions … natural in a work taken down from oral dictation — G.F.Hudson > 10. : having a relationship with something by reason of the conditions, events, or circumstances of the case or in line with normal experience < theory and practice are a kind of natural opposites — C.E.Montague > < the natural enemies of originality — Clive Bell > 11. : characterized by qualities (as warm and genuine feelings, affection, or gratitude) held to be part of the nature of man < a wicked old screw … why wasn't he natural in his lifetime — Charles Dickens > 12. obsolete : natural-born < natural subjects > 13. a. : planted or growing by itself : not cultivated or introduced artificially < natural grass > b. : existing in or produced by nature : consisting of objects so existing or produced : not artificial (as in form or construction) < agricultural commodities in their raw and natural state — U.S. Code > < these natural deposits of potassium salts — A.C.Morrison > < the vast natural wealth of the country — William Tate > 14. a. : being in a state of nature without spiritual enlightenment : unregenerate < the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God — 1 Cor 2:14 (Authorized Version) > b. : living in or as if in a state of nature untouched by the influences of civilization and society < an apotheosis of natural man, with consequent exaltation of appetite — W.L.Grossman > 15. a. : having a physical or real existence as contrasted with one that is spiritual, intellectual, or psychical < the natural world > b. : of, relating to, or operating in the physical as opposed to the spiritual world < natural laws … merely describe what actually happens — Maurice Cranston & J.W.N.Watkins > 16. obsolete : native-born 17. a. : closely resembling the object imitated : true to nature : according to life < the Israeli flag … illustrated in natural colors — K.B.Stiles > < doves natural do not have little crests — F.M.Ford > < drawn to natural scale > b. : having the ease or simplicity of nature : free from artificiality, affectation, or constraint : springing from true sentiment : easy, simple < successful people are genuine and natural rather than synthetic and imitative — Gilbert Seldes > < at ease with us …, always spontaneous and natural — Dorothy Bussy > c. : having a form or appearance found in nature < natural hair > 18. a. : having neither flats nor sharps — used of a key or scale in music < the natural scale of C major > b. : being neither sharped nor flatted — used of a musical note or tone c. : having the pitch as indicated in musical notation modified by the natural (sense 7a) d. : produced without aid of stops, valves, slides, or other supplementary devices — used of a harmonic or tone from a wind and stringed instrument e. : not falsetto — used of a man's singing voice 19. a. : not being the joker or a wild card — used of a playing card b. : containing no wild card — used of a combination of cards 20. : of the color natural Synonyms: simple, unaffected, artless, unsophisticated, ingenuous, naïve: natural stresses easy freedom from the artificial, stiff, constrained, or formal < the fact is that a poetic language which appears natural to one age will appear unnatural or artificial to another — C.D.Lewis > < the poor man had no natural, spontaneous human speech … he habitually expressed himself in a book-learned language — Willa Cather > simple indicates lack of duplicity and artifice in one's character or thought along with suggestion of lack of complexity and artificiality < the straight and simple, the homespun, simple, valiant English Truth — H.G.Wells > < simple and earnest people, however, being accustomed to speak from their genuine impulses, cannot easily, as craftier men do, avoid the subject which they have at heart — Nathaniel Hawthorne > unaffected stresses lack of affectation and indicates a simple naturalness without connoting much else < his simple manners and unaffected friendliness were attractive — A.W.Long > < she's the best-natured and most unaffected young creature — W.M.Thackeray > artless indicates freedom from calculation about the effects of what one says or does and a consequent ease < her simple, artless behaviour, and modest kindness of demeanour, won all their unsophisticated hearts — W.M.Thackeray > < almost every turn in the artless little maid's prattle touched a new mood in him — George Meredith > unsophisticated stresses lack of knowledge of and experience with worldly matters bringing discretion, reserve, adroitness, smoothness < not elegant or artificial, too much the unsophisticated child of nature — Rose Macaulay > < a race almost wholly unsophisticated by intercourse with strangers — Herman Melville > ingenuous indicates lack of any subtlety, dissimulation, calculation; it indicates unrestrained and unmasked frankness < Father had set a dog on him. A less ingenuous character would be silent about such passages — H.G.Wells > < “yet I've done very well this year. Oh yes,” he went on with ingenuous enthusiasm — Thomas Hardy > naïve stresses lack of worldly wisdom and sophistication with resulting freshness, candor, or innocence untutored and unchecked by convention < the future arch master of love proved to be a naïve and candid swain at the beginning of his career — P.H.Lang > < that naïve patriotism which leads every race to regard itself as evidently superior to every other — J.W.Krutch > Synonym: see in addition regular. II. noun (-s) Etymology: partly from Middle French naturel, natural, from naturel, natural, adjective; partly from English natural (I) 1. obsolete : a native inhabitant of a place (as a region or country) 2. naturals plural, obsolete : the gifts, powers, and abilities with which a person is endowed by nature < a person of excellent naturals — Theophilus Gale > 3. : one born without the usual powers of reason and understanding : a half-witted person : idiot < with the vacant grin of a natural — Charles Gibbon > 4. naturals plural, obsolete : the objects of the natural world : natural as distinguished from unnatural or supernatural things 5. obsolete : the natural character or disposition of a person : the natural form or condition of an animate object (as a flower) 6. naturals plural, obsolete a. : a natural state or condition < in their pure naturals, they were wonderfully abstemious — Thomas Fuller > b. : a state of nakedness — usually used in the phrase in one's pure naturals 7. a. : the character or sign ♮ placed on any degree of the musical staff to nullify the effect of a preceding sharp or flat b. : a note or tone affected by the natural sign 8. : a result or combination that immediately wins the stake in a game: as a. : a throw of 7 or 11 on the first cast in craps b. : blackjack 6c c. : a count of 8 or 9 in the first two cards at baccarat d. : ranche 9. : something that is natural as distinguished from artificial or supernatural < all culture is thus … a negation of the natural — Leon Livingstone > < this social philosophy, based like contemporary science on the natural — New Republic > < study the supernatural as the philosopher studies the natural — Frederic Myers > 10. : a shot in billiards held to be easy because the ball can be pocketed directly or in carom billiards by a simple angle shot 11. : a variable color averaging a yellowish gray that is lighter and slightly redder than average sand and redder and deeper than ivory tint 12. a. : one having natural skills, talents, or abilities often to an unusual degree and usually requiring no special training or development for success in a specific line of endeavor < as an actor, he was a natural > b. : something that by its very nature is or is likely to become an immediate and genuine success < as much a natural as rubber on the end of a pencil — Irving Kolodin > < fight fans discussed the … rematch as a natural — Newsweek > < the idea of this book is a natural — Carl Bridenbaugh > c. : one constituting an easy, appropriate, and usually successful selection for a specific purpose by possession of various natural qualities < the review characterizing some new novel as a natural for pictures — P.S.Nathan > < the legal process … is a natural for delaying tactics — Titus Lord > < fearless and cool in the face of disaster, he was a natural for the job — Newsweek > 13. : a close pase in bullfighting done with the muleta in the left hand — compare derechazo Synonyms: see fool III. adjective 1. : relating to or being natural food 2. of hair : styled in an Afro • natural noun
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