(of peoples, animals, and plants) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous (民族,动物,植物)原始的,土著的;本土的 ■(Aboriginal)of or relating to the Australian Aboriginals or their languages (与)澳大利亚土著人(有关)的,(与)澳大利亚土著语(有关)的
noun
an aboriginal inhabitant of a place 土著居民 ■(Aboriginal)a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia 澳大利亚土著居民
(Aboriginal)[mass noun]any of the numerous Australian Aboriginal languages (任意一种)澳大利亚土著语
派生 Aboriginality noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines 'original inhabitants' (see aborigine) + -al
用法
Both Aboriginals and Aborigines are standard plural forms when referring to Australian Aboriginal peoples