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.