nativeness
nativeness — 名詞
1. the condition of coming from a particular place and truly belonging to it, espec
本土性
因出生或成長而屬於某地的特質
the condition of coming from a particular place and truly belonging to it, especially because you were born or grew up there.
The nativeness of Joaquín's Spanish made everyone assume he had grown up in Madrid.
Joaquín 的西班牙語非常道地，讓大家都以為他在馬德里長大。
the nativeness of [someone's speech]
Botanists questioned the nativeness of the bamboo, suspecting it was brought from Asia long ago.
植物學家質疑這種竹子的本土性，懷疑它很久以前是從亞洲引進的。
the nativeness of [a plant or animal species]
Sade's nativeness to the small island showed in how easily she read the changing tides.
Sade 對這座小島的在地性，展現在她能輕鬆讀懂潮汐的變化。
nativeness to [a place]
The festival celebrates the nativeness of crops that have grown in the valley for centuries.
這個節慶慶祝那些在山谷裡生長了好幾世紀的作物的本土性。
Yara proved her family's nativeness to the region by showing records two hundred years old.
Yara 拿出兩百年前的紀錄，證明她家族世居此地的本土性。
- the nativeness of a species
- the nativeness of an accent
- prove one's nativeness
- indigenousness
more common in ecology and anthropology for being naturally from one place.
- indigeneity
formal term, often used about native peoples or species and their rights.
- naturalness
used when the focus is on sounding or seeming completely natural, as a local would.
- foreignness
the quality of coming from or belonging to another place.
- alienness
used in ecology for a species that arrived from a different region.
文法句型
the nativeness of [a species / an accent]
nativeness to [a place]
用法筆記
Most common in language study (a speaker's accent), biology (whether a plant or animal is local), and discussions of cultural roots. Almost always uncountable and followed by 'of' or 'to'.