native

詞型變化：

名詞:nativeness 副詞:natively 　

詞意辨析：

citizen, civilian, inhabitant, resident, native

這些名詞均含有“居民，公民”之意。
citizen: 指擁有某國國籍或有某地區合法身份的人，即公民。
civilian: 指相對於軍人或官員的平民百姓。
inhabitant: 最普通用詞，一般指常住居民。
resident: 多指長期居住或暫時居住的民民，有時也指旅居者。
native: 指土生土長的本地居民。

英文解釋：

名詞 native:

1. a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
   同義詞：indigen, indigene

形容詞 native:

1. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
2. belonging to one by birth
3. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
   同義詞：aboriginal
4. as found in nature in the elemental form

相關對話：

1. He's emigrated to the USA and gone completely native.
   他已移居美國，完全成了美國人。
2. The kangaroo is a native of Australia.
   袋鼠是產於澳洲的動物。
3. This house was built of native stones.
   這間屋子是用當地的石頭建的。
4. My native language is Chinese.
   我的母語是漢語。
5. He is a Beijing native.
   他是土生土長的北京人。