aboriginal
aboriginal 英 [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl] 美 [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənəl]
adj. 土著的；原始的 n. 土著居民；土生生物
名词复数:aboriginals
- The native, indigenous people of a country are often called aboriginals. In Canada, the First Nations — Inuits and Métis — would be considered aboriginals.
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- adj. 土著的；原始的
- n. 土著居民；土生生物
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1. He has lived among the aboriginal inhabitants for a few years.
他已经与土著居民一起生活了几年了。
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2. Many of us have passed through Wulai to view its famous waterfall, but have you ever stopped to appreciate the unique sounds coming from the heart of this ancient aboriginal village?
我们许多人都去过乌来观赏那里闻名的瀑布，但你是否曾经停下来去聆听那来自古老土著居民村落内心深处的独特音乐呢？
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3. Amundsen may have come up with the idea after hearing stories of aboriginal hunters in Greenland eating their sled dogs in winter.
阿蒙德森或许想到这个主意之前，听说过格陵兰岛土著猎人冬天吃自己雪橇狗的故事。
- aboriginal (adj.) 1660s, "first, earliest, existing from the beginning," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine) + -al (1). The specific Australian sense is attested from 1820. The noun meaning "an original inhabitant, an autochthon" is attested from 1760. Related: Aboriginally; aboriginality (1848); aboriginalism (1859).
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