native
adjective
uk/ˈneɪ.tɪv/us/ˈneɪ.t̬ɪv/B2[before noun]
relatingto ordescribingsomeone'scountryorplaceofbirthor someone who wasbornin aparticularcountryorplace:
出生国的；出生地的；土生土长的Shereturnedtoliveandworkin her native Japan.她回到她的出生地日本生活和工作。
She's a native Californian.她是土生土长的加利福尼亚人。
C2
used to refer toplantsandanimalsthatgrownaturallyin aplace, and have not beenbroughtthere fromsomewhereelse:
（动植物）原产于某地的，土生的Henderson Island in thePacifichas more than 55speciesof nativefloweringplants.太平洋的亨德森岛上有超过55种土生的开花植物。
Thehorseis not nativetoAmerica- it wasintroducedby theSpanish.马不是美洲原产的动物——是西班牙人带来的。
B2[before noun]
relatingto the firstpeopletolivein anarea:
土著的，土著人的TheAboriginesare the nativeinhabitantsofAustralia.原住民是澳大利亚的土著居民。
the nativepopulation土著人口
nativecustomsandtraditions土著风俗传统
See also
indigenous
yournative language/tongue
B2
the firstlanguagethat youlearn:
母语Frenchis his nativetongue.法语是他的母语。
[before noun]
A nativeabilityorcharacteristicis one that apersonor thing hasnaturallyand ispartoftheirbasiccharacter:
天生的，与生俱来的his nativewit他天生的智慧
Synonym
innate
- Sri Lanka is my nativecountry, but I've beenlivingin Belgium for the past fiveyears.
- Thesebraceletswerecraftedby nativeAmericans.
- The earlysettlersenslavedorkilledmuch of the nativepopulation.
- Thegameisthoughtto haveoriginatedamong the nativepeoplesofAlaska.
- Much of the region's nativevegetationhas beendamagedbydeveloperswho arebuildinghotelsalong thecoast.
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- ultra-traditional
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
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Innate and congenital
Using other languages
Idiom
go native
native
noun[C]
uk/ˈneɪ.tɪv/us/ˈneɪ.t̬ɪv/apersonwho wasbornin aparticularplace, or aplantoranimalthatlivesorgrowsnaturallyin aplaceand has not beenbroughtfromsomewhereelse:
本地人；土生植物；本地的动物a nativeofMonaco摩纳哥当地人
Theredsquirrelis a nativeofBritain.红松鼠原产于英国。
offensiveold-fashioned
someone wholivedin acountry,especiallyinAfrica, before Europeans went there
（尤指非洲的）土著，土人Innate and congenital
- American, Italian, etc. by birthphrase
- birth
- born
- born and bredidiom
- congenital
- descend
- descend fromsomething
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inherit
- inheritance
- innate
- innately
- instinct
- instinctive
- instinctively
- instinctual
- natural
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Names of groups of people who lived in the past