native

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈneɪtɪv/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
  2. A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
    — Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives.
  3. A native speaker.
  4. A native plant or animal.
  5. An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
形容词 adj.
  1. Belonging to one by birth.
    — This is my native land.
  2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
    — What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia). alt-of
  4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
    — a native inhabitant
  5. Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
    — The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
  6. Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
    — This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
  7. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
    — native aluminium
  8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
    — Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
  9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
    — native dust
  10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
    — The head is not more native to the heart, […] Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.

词形变化

more native comparative most native superlative natiue alternative,obsolete natyf alternative,obsolete natives plural natiue alternative,obsolete natyf alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive.
Compare also inborn.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive.
Compare also inborn.
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