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- a person born in a specified place or who is associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not出生于（指定地方的）人; 土生土长的人：
a native of Montreal
一个生于蒙特利尔的人
an eighteen-year-old Brooklyn native.
一个18岁的布鲁克林本地人。
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- a local inhabitant当地人：
New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives.
夏季的纽约连当地人也觉得热得够呛。
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- dated, chiefly offensive one of the original inhabitants of a country, especially a non-white as regarded by European colonists or travellers〈旧, 主冒犯〉土人, 土著（尤指有色人种）。
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- (in Australia) a white person born in the country, as distinguished from an immigrant and from an Aboriginal（澳大利亚）土生的白人（有别于移民和土著居民）。
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- an animal or plant indigenous to a place土生动物（或植物）：
the marigold is a native of southern Europe.
金盏花是欧洲南部的土生植物。
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- Brit. an oyster reared in British waters〈英〉本地牡蛎。
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- associated with the country, region, or circumstances of a person's birth土生土长的, 本地（或本国）出生的：
he's a native New Yorker
他是土生土长的纽约人
her native country.
她的祖国。
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- of the indigenous inhabitants of a place当地人的：
a ceremonial native dance from Fiji.
斐济当地人的仪式舞蹈。
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- (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth（动物, 植物）当地土产的：
eagle owls aren't native to Britain
雕鸮并非英国原产
Scotland's few remaining native pinewoods.
苏格兰现存的为数不多的几片原产松林。
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- Austral. /NZ used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere, e.g. native bear〈澳/新西兰〉［用于与在别处为人熟知的物种相似的动植物名称中, 如native bear］。
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- (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth rather than acquired; innate（品质）生来就有的, 天赋的：
some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing
最后那点儿天生急智促使盖伊一言不发
a jealousy and rage native to him.
他那种生来就有的嫉妒和狂暴。
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- Computing designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it【计算机】本机器码。
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- (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state（金属或其他矿物）天然的; 呈天然纯态的。
USAGE
In contexts such as a native of Boston or New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives the noun native is quite acceptable. But when it is used to mean 'a non-white original inhabitant of a country', as in this dance is a favourite with the natives, it is more problematic. This meaning has an old-fashioned feel and, because of its associations with a colonial European outlook, it may cause offence.
短语
go native
- humorous or derogatory (of a person living away from their own country or region) abandon one's own culture, customs, or way of life and adopt those of the country or region one is living in〈幽默或贬〉（身处他乡的人）融入当地, 土著化。
派生词
natively
adverbnativeness
noun词源
late Middle English; from Latin nativus, from nat- 'born', from the verb nasci.