| 单词 | native |
| 释义 | native —natively, adv. —nativeness, n. /nay"tiv/, adj. 1. being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land. 2. belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native grace. 3. belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, esp. a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest. 4. of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery. 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs; native dress. 6. born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker. 7. of or pertaining to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek. 8. pertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language: a native speaker of English; native command of a language. 9. under the rule of natives: a native government. 10. occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers. 11. remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island. 12. forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas. 13. originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants. 14. found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds. 15. Chem. , Mineral. (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper. 16. belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive a person of his native rights. 17. Computers. a. designed for use with a specific type of computer: writing native applications for 32-bit PCs. b. internal to a specific application program: to view the file in its native format. 18. Archaic. closely related, as by birth. 19. go native, Informal. to adopt or affect the manners or way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own, esp. a less developed country: After living on the island for a year, we went native and began to wear the local costume. n. 20. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, esp. as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile. 21. a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio. 22. an organism indigenous to a particular region. 23. Brit. an oyster reared in British waters, esp. in an artificial bed. 24. Astrol. a person born under a particular planet. [1325-75; < L nativus inborn, natural, equiv. to nat(us) (ptp. of nasci to be born) + -ivus -IVE; r. ME natif (adj.) < MF < L, as above] Syn. 2. inherited, innate, inbred, congenital. 4. autochthonous, aboriginal. 11. real, genuine, original. 19. aborigine. Ant. 2. acquired. 19. alien |
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