- (usually Aboriginal)
relating to the original people living in Australia 澳大利亚土著的 the issue of Aboriginal land rights 澳大利亚土著土地权问题
relating to the original people, animals, etc. of a place and to a period of time before Europeans arrived (欧洲人到来之前某地区的人、动物等)土著的,土生土长的 the aboriginal peoples of Canada 加拿大土著 aboriginal art/culture 土著艺术/文化
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (in classical times referring to those of Italy and Greece, from the Latin phrase ab origine ‘from the beginning’) + -al.