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native

/ney-tiv/US // ˈneɪ tɪv //UK // (ˈneɪtɪv) //

本地人,本地的,本地人的,本地居民

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
    • : belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability;native grace.
    • : belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rainforest.
    • : of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs;native dress.
    • : born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker.
    • : of or relating to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek.
    • : pertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language: a native speaker of English;native command of a language.
    • : under the rule of natives: a native government.
    • : occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers.
    • : remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island.
    • : forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas.
    • : originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants: Hundreds of species of plants and trees native to central Texas are displayed and nurtured in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, south of Austin.
    • : found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
    • : Chemistry, Mineralogy. occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper.
    • : belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive a person of his native rights.
    • : Digital Technology. of or relating to software designed specifically for the platform on which it is running: native applications for 64-bit PCs;native mobile apps.of or relating to data interpreted or displayed by the software or hardware for which it was originally encoded: to view the file in its native format.
    • : Archaic. closely related, as by birth.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile.
    • : a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio.
    • : an organism indigenous to a particular region.
    • : British. an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.
    • : Astrology. a person born under a particular planet: Capricorn natives are practical, collected, and reliable allies to have in a crisis.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.innate, inherent
Forms: natives

Examples

  • That limits the amount of access native speakers have to tech tools in their language.

  • Unlike Facebook’s previous shopping products, the latest storefronts will be native to the platform.

  • She also brought with her the native advertising playbook from Forbes.

  • Across board branded content revenue for publishers will be down between 20% and 40% this year, according to tech company Polar, which helps publishers with branded content and native advertising.

  • The NBA is smitten with mascots native to land, the most popular classification across the board.

  • He had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend early that morning in Baltimore and headed for his native Brooklyn.

  • While the Clovis, California native may not have completely believed that, he wasn't about to sit around and find out.

  • They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.

  • Hornbuckle, on the other hand, says the policy will not put Native American nations in danger.

  • And household earnings for illegal immigrants are considerably lower than that of native-born and legal immigrants.

  • His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.

  • She came to know the peculiarities of nearly all native trees.

  • A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.

  • The history of that terrible hour is brightened by many such instances of native fealty.

  • “We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.