aborigine

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nationality & raceaborigineab‧o‧rig‧i‧ne, Aborigine /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪni/ noun [countable] SANsomeone who belongs to the race of people who have lived in Australia from the earliest timesExamples from the Corpusaborigine• Spencer and Gillen photographed and detailed aborigines dressed as animals, emitting animal cries to promote fertility.• But for aborigine campaigners gestures have not been enough.• The medium had been too strong for them, they had taken to it like aborigines to the bottle.• In Tasmania aborigine hunters led a nomadic life to take advantage of the seasonal food supply in different regions.• The methods adopted by the government and employed against the aborigines were most severe.• Past treatment of the aborigines has been shameful, but these days efforts are made to respect their customs and traditional homelands.• Is he in league with the aborigines?Origin aborigine (1500-1600) Latin aborigines (plural), probably from ab origine “from the beginning”

单词	aborigine
释义	aborigine From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nationality & raceaborigineab‧o‧rig‧i‧ne, Aborigine /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪni/ noun [countable] SANsomeone who belongs to the race of people who have lived in Australia from the earliest timesExamples from the Corpusaborigine• Spencer and Gillen photographed and detailed aborigines dressed as animals, emitting animal cries to promote fertility.• But for aborigine campaigners gestures have not been enough.• The medium had been too strong for them, they had taken to it like aborigines to the bottle.• In Tasmania aborigine hunters led a nomadic life to take advantage of the seasonal food supply in different regions.• The methods adopted by the government and employed against the aborigines were most severe.• Past treatment of the aborigines has been shameful, but these days efforts are made to respect their customs and traditional homelands.• Is he in league with the aborigines?Origin aborigine (1500-1600) Latin aborigines (plural), probably from ab origine “from the beginning”
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