.... means belonging or relating to ...
选择词库级别千万5000英英辞典四级(新大纲)GRE(新大纲)Tofel(新大纲) ★[predominant adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.]
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aboriginal
1 aboriginal aboriginals
An Aboriginal is an Australian Aborigine.
He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals' tales.
N-COUNT
= Aborigine
2 aboriginal
Aboriginal means belonging or relating to the Australian Aborigines.
...Aboriginal art.
...a protest over Aboriginal land rights.
ADJ: ADJ n
3 aboriginal
The aboriginal people or animals of a place are ones that have been there from the earliest known times or that were there before people or animals from other countries arrived.
Most Canadians acknowledge that the aboriginal people have had a rotten deal.
ADJ: ADJ n
= native, indigenous
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Aborigine
Aborigine Aborigines
Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
N-COUNT: usu pl
= Aboriginal
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