| 单词 | natural |
| 释义 | natural —natural /ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ aep /-ɚ-/ adjective (EXPECTED) ► B2 normal or expected: » Of course you're upset - it's only natural.» It's natural that you should feel anxious when you first leave home.» It's quite natural to experience a few doubts just before you get married.Thesaurus+: ↑Habitual and customary• • • Extra Examples:» Loss of memory is a natural concomitant of old age.» Unhappiness was woven into the natural fabric of people's lives.» It's only natural that you should worry about your children.» She'd always worked with old people so becoming a nurse was a natural progression.» I think a certain amount of worry about work is very natural, but you've got to keep it in proportion .adjective (NOT ARTIFICIAL) B1 as found in nature and not involving anything made or done by people: » a natural substance» People say that breast-feeding is better than bottle-feeding because it's more natural.» He died from natural causes (= because he was old or ill).» Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters.Thesaurus+: ↑Natural and artificialC1 describes an ability or characteristic that you were born with: » natural beauty» a natural talent for sports» She's a natural blonde (= her real hair colour is blonde).Thesaurus+: ↑Innate and congenital , ↑GeneticsF0 describes food or drink that is pure and has no chemical substances added to it and is therefore thought to be healthy: » natural mineral water» natural ingredientsThesaurus+: ↑Various qualities of foodThesaurus+: ↑Natural and artificialsb's natural mother/father/parentF0 a parent who caused someone to be born, although they might not be their legal parent or the parent who raised them Thesaurus+: ↑Parents and childrenWord Builder:–Nouns: nature, naturalist, naturalization, naturalness, the supernatural–Adjectives: natural, supernatural, unnatural, naturalistic–Verbs: naturalize–Adverbs: naturally, unnaturally• • • Extra Examples:» A good diet helps build the body's natural defences.» If we continue to deplete the Earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.» It was her natural elegance that struck me.» The garden has been designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.» She had died of natural causes.adjective [after noun] (MUSIC) ► F0 (of a musical note) not sharp or flat: » E naturalThesaurus+: ↑Notes of the musical scalenoun [C] INFORMAL ► F0 someone who was born with the right characteristics or abilities for doing a particular thing: » She won't have any troubles learning to ride a horse - you can see she's a natural.Thesaurus+: ↑Experts and specialists |
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