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- (of peoples, animals, and plants) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous（民族, 动物, 植物）原始的, 土著的; 本土的。
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Aboriginal
of or relating to the Australian Aboriginals or their languages（与）澳大利亚土著人（有关）的, （与）澳大利亚土著语（有关）的。
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- an aboriginal inhabitant of a place土著居民。
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Aboriginal
a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia澳大利亚土著居民。
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Aboriginal
mass noun any of the numerous Australian Aboriginal languages（任何一种）澳大利亚土著语。
USAGE
Both Aboriginal and Aborigine may be used as nouns referring to a member of an Australian Aboriginal people, but Aborigine is the commoner and is often preferred, especially in the plural.
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines 'original inhabitants' （see ABORIGINE） + -AL.