3325英語網(wǎng) 單詞
aborigine的意思
aborigine
英 [?b?'r?d??ni?]
美 ['?b?'r?d??ni]
- n. 土著；土著居民
中文詞源
aborigine 土著
前綴ab-, 從，從...離。origin, 升起，東方。該詞用于澳大利亞土著人。
英文詞源
- aborigine (n.)
- 1858, mistaken singular of aborigines (1540s; the correct singular is aboriginal), from Latin Aborigines "the first ancestors of the Romans; the first inhabitants" (especially of Latium), possibly a tribal name, or from or made to conform to ab origine, literally "from the beginning." Extended 1789 to natives of other countries which Europeans have colonized. Australian slang shortening Abo attested from 1922.