aboriginal

aboriginal
adjective
  1. (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
  1. 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
  2. (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
  1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines 'original inhabitants' (see aborigine) + -al
用法
  1. Both Aboriginals and Aborigines are standard plural forms when referring to Australian Aboriginal peoples
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