native

na‧tive 1 S3 W3 / neɪtɪv / 形容词

1 country [仅用于名词前] your native country, town etc is the place where you were born → home :

They never saw their native land again.

He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.

2 native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place

3 native language/tongue the language you spoke when you first learned to speak 同义词 first language :

English is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.

4 plant/animal growing, living, produced etc in one particular place 同义词 indigenous :

Singapore has many native species of palm.

native to

These fish are native to North America.

5 art/custom [仅用于名词前] native customs, traditions etc are related to people who lived in a particular country before European people arrived there :

the native traditions of Peru

stalls selling native jewelry

native folklore

6 natural [仅用于名词前] a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth :

her native wit

7 go native to behave, dress, or speak like the people who live in the country where you have come to stay or work – used humorously :

Austen has been living in New Guinea so long he’s gone native.