单词 | non-indigenous |
释义 | > as lemmasnon-indigenous non-indigenous adj. Brit. , U.S. ΚΠ 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Mar. 255/2 No nation..ever passed from any condition which history..calls ‘uncivilised’.. to a civilised character, except by the introduction of ‘the arts of civilised life’ from an extraneous or non-indigenous source. 1894 C. Dixon (title) The nests and eggs of non-indigenous British birds. 2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 18/3 160 years of warfare..raged within its borders, leaving a maximum of 2,000 non-indigenous and a minimum of 20,000 indigenous Australians dead. < as lemmas |
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