aborigine
/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəniː/noun
1- a person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times土著人(或动物、植物)。
1.1
Aborigine
an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia澳大利亚土著居民。
USAGE
See usage at ABORIGINAL.
词源
mid 19th cent.: back-formation from the 16th-cent. plural aborigines 'original inhabitants' (in classical times referring to those of Italy and Greece), from the Latin phrase ab origine 'from the beginning'.