0 My hair soon grew back to its
natural colour (= after being dyed). 0
The
clothes are available in warm natural colours.
AMA##dMMfei#nH£Mi&o
—compare supernatural^)
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EXPECTED ity f# 2 normal; as you would
expect IE# (ft;
d M (ft; H $4 A A (ft: to die of natural
causes (= not by violence, but
normally, of old age) d M ft t 0 He thought social inequality was
all part of the natural order of things, ftfeiAA4±£^:f-^7!G^:'n d MM
fEo 0 She was the natural choice for the
job. \$Lffl>ifolE fE, MH^MAifto —compare unnatural
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BEHAVIOUR f t fl 3 used to
describe behaviour that is part of the character that a person or an animal was
born with A 4 (ft; # tl(ft; A £ ift: the natural agility of a cat f® A£(fttfcStA?iS o the natural processes of language learning # ^ i« W (ft d M ii jS 0 It’s only natural to worry about your children. A&rP&'ll'Jikfli d M(fto
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ABILITY tb h 4 [only before noun] having an ability that
you were born with AM(ft;
A.£^-A^#t6A :
He’s
a natural leader. MA£iJ§yHPitto
►
RELAXED j& fc 5 relaxed and not pretending to be sb/sth different
A-ffi:££ft; .^Ej$M£ft; dM(ft: It’s difficult to look natural when you’re
feeling nervous. ^MM'lfcfftN'
m,
M)«a#m^dMo
►
PARENTS/CHILDREN J 6 [only before noun] (of
parents
or their children ^-fiEuKKAA) related by blood AM A ^ (ft; ^ A (ft: His natural mother was unable to
care for him so he was raised by an aunt, ftfe(ft:A#lE flMMftfe,
fA$%Ji#}Mli#A(ft0 7 [only before noun] (<old use or formal) (of a son or daughter
JLA) born to parents who are not married M $jf 4 (ft; % (ft ET171 illegitimate : She was a natural daughter of King James II.
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BASED ON HUMAN REASON 8 [only before noun]
based on human reason alone #
'n A (ft 314 (ft; IE# (ft; dM^J: natural justice/law dMAifi/M#
►
IN MUSIC 9 used after the
name of a note to show
that the note is neither sharp nor flat. The written symbol is
(IQ. Ate#(ft, MAMMtlft ( * ) :
B
natural *
B AM# — picture
o music
m noun
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PERSON A 1 ~ (for sth) a person who is very good at sth
without having to learn how to
do it, or who is perfectly suited for a particular job A AM (ft A; HA# ##(ftA: She took to flying like a natural. MU AT ff, o He’s a natural for the role. fife
►
IN MUSIC h A 2 a normal musical
note, not its sharp or flat form. The written symbol is (IQ. AM#,
#, am#
(ii)
'natural-born adj. [only before noun] having a natural ability
or skill that you have not had to learn AM(ft;
AMift;
AMMAift
.natural
'childbirth noun [u] a method of giving
birth to a baby in which a woman chooses not to take drugs and does special
exercises to make her relaxed d M A
.natural
'gas noun [u] gas that is found
under the ground or the sea and that is used as a fuel AM#
.natural
'history noun [u, C] the study of
plants and animals; an account of the plant and animal life of a particular place ]$#J^; ( #MK£ft ) the
Natural
History Museum d M JA A t# #1 tt 0 He has written a natural history of
Scotland. T“AAf§M
mmM0
nat
ur al ism /'naetfralizam/
noun [U] 1 a style of art or
writing that shows people, things and experiences as they really are dMMA (
s ) 2 {philosophy #) the theory that
everything in the world and life is based on natural causes and laws, and not
on spiritual or supernatural ones d M±A ( iA A
nat
naturalistic /.naetjra'listik/ adj. 1 (of artists, writers,
etc. or their work R&fEm) showing
things as they appear in the
natural world d M A X
(ft; d MMAM4§(ft 2 copying the way things are in the natural world (ft;
MM. d M(ft: to study behaviour in laboratory and naturalistic
settings
nat
ur al ize (BrE also -ise) /'naetjralaiz/ verb [usually passive] 1 [VN] to make sb who was not born in a particular country a citizen of that
country fjfejjp A-- - HI H; Bit 2 [VN] to introduce a plant or
an animal to a country where it is not native 3lift (
3 [V] (of a plant or an animal zftft^j) to start
growing or living naturally in a country where it is not native ► naturaliza-tion,
-isation
/.nsetjralai'zeijn;
NAmE -la'z-/ noun [U]
.natural
'language noun [C, u] a language that has developed in a natural way
and is not designed by humans dMi§W ( dMAMlM, A#Ai£ )
.natural
language processing noun [u] {abbr. NLP) the use of computers
to process natural languages, for example for translating (
if jf til ) d MipW&tJ! .natural 'law noun [U] a set of moral
principles on which human behaviour is based dMfe ( A#cEf AMU )
natur al ly 0-w /'naetjrali/ adv.
1 in a way that you would expect fljftSM;
dl fife;
irMfife Pnn OF COURSE: Naturally, I get upset
when things go wrong. ^jf fcb 7ft, o
After a while, we naturally started talking about the
children. L, mi d MIMM^TiAc o
‘Did you complain about the noise?’ ‘Naturally.’ “MUA MMWPT? ” “IPiSMMo
” 2 without special help,
treatment or action bysbAMiffe; dMWMM: naturally occurring
chemicals AMl^AlftM#^/!^ 0 plants that grow naturally in poor soils ;&$f±4iiA d M MM(ft 3 as a normal, logical result of sth MSftfe; MPJr^ itt; )R S J® M M : This leads naturally
to my next point. &i&M3l tMo 4 in a way that
shows or uses abilities or qualities that a person or an
animal is born with A A fife; A $£ M: to be naturally
artistic fXAAMoa naturally gifted
athlete AM£d 35 zj) # 5 in a relaxed and normal way d M M; A A M: Just act naturally. d MAJLWtfj T» IT^l come
'naturally (to sb/sth) if sth comes naturally to you, you are able to do it very easily and
very well $5 M 3 A: Making money came
naturally to him. ^H^ftfeAMpM
m.
nat ural ness /'naetjralnas/ noun [U] 1 the state or quality of being like real life dM^i&; dM;
The naturalness of the dialogue made the book so true
to life. dM®Alttm£$#&AAt#M&£?S0 2 the quality of behaving in a normal,
relaxed or innocent way d M; A A: Teenagers lose their
childhood simplicity and naturalness. AAAWWAAfAAIfULNAPA V$lhAX7o 3 the style or quality of happening in a
normal way that you would expect ^ M; iftM'14: the naturalness of her
reaction MfEjA'M fsLJS .natural ‘number noun (mathematics |&) a positive
whole number such as 1, 2, or 3, and sometimes also zero dMtfc
.natural
‘science noun [C, U] a science
concerned with studying the physical world. Chemistry, biology and physics are
all natural sciences, d M # — compare
EARTH
SCIENCE, LIFE SCIENCES
.natural
se’lection noun [u] the process by which plants, animals, etc. that
can adapt to their environment survive and reproduce, while the others disappear
dM»; t/^A#
.natural
'wastage (firf) (also at-tri-tion NAmE, BrE) noun [U] the process of reducing the number of people who are
employed by an organization by, for example, not replacing people who leave
their jobs dMMM na
ture O-w /'neitfa(r)/ noun
► PLANTS, ANIMALS 1 (often Nature) [U] all the
plants, animals and things
that exist in the universe that are not made by people dM#; A d M : the beauties of nature dM#AA£?$J&‘lf o man-made substances
not found in nature d M^r-lt #cA?!ll^J AiS^f