aboriginal

adjective
🔊/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl/
🔊/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl/
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  1. (usually Aboriginal)
    relating to the original people living in Australia澳大利亚土著的
    • the issue of Aboriginal land rights澳大利亚土著土地权问题
  2. relating to the original people, animals, etc. of a place and to a period of time before Europeans arrived(欧洲人到来之前某地区的人、动物等)土著的,土生土长的
    • the aboriginal peoples of Canada加拿大土著
    • aboriginal art/culture土著艺术/文化
    Topics Historyc2
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (in classical times referring to those of Italy and Greece, from the Latin phrase ab origine ‘from the beginning’) + -al.

aboriginal

noun
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  1. (usually Aboriginal)
    a member of a race of people who were the original people living in a country, especially Australia(尤指澳大利亚的)土著,土人 see also Koori
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (in classical times referring to those of Italy and Greece, from the Latin phrase ab origine ‘from the beginning’) + -al.