【natural音标】 英[ˈnætʃrəl] 美[ˈnætʃrəl]
【单词释义】 natural是什么意思：
adj.自然的；物质的；天生的；不做作的
n.自然的事情；（生来的）白痴；[乐]（风琴等的）白键
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] naturals
[反义词] artificial 人工的;人造的
【关联词/派生词】
naturally adv.自然地，天然地；生来，天然地
nature n.[U]自然；[C,U]天性；本性
naturalistic adj. 自然的；自然主义的；博物学的
naturalist n. 自然主义者；博物学者
naturalize v.移植；使入国籍；归化；采纳
【natural形近词/近似词】
guttural adj. 咽喉的；喉咙的；喉音的 n. [U]喉音；喉音字
conjectural adj. 凭推测的;凭猜测的
agricultural adj.农业的;农用的
structural adj.结构（上）的，构架（上）的；建筑的；构造上的
architectural adj.建筑学的；建筑上的；建筑方面的；有关建筑的
cultural adj.文化的；与文化有关的；艺术的；艺术有关的
【常用短语】
natural instinct 自然本能
【单词例句】
◇ "Your saliva is your natural protective mechanism," says Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation in the UK, inhibiting bacterial growth and tooth decay. "The saliva flow reduces overnight, so that's why it's very important that all the plaque is cleared away before you sleep."
英国口腔健康基金会首席执行官奈杰尔·卡特说：“你的唾液是你的天然保护机制，”可以抑制细菌生长和蛀牙。“唾液流动在夜间减少，这就是为什么在睡觉前清除所有牙菌斑非常重要。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms.
作为最好的候选人，我被委派为一个数据库收集和评估各种自然灾害的信息，例如飓风、台风或雷暴等。
---- A Volcano Eruption
◇ We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.
我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生动植物的保护。直到我们成功让野生动植物安详平静地生活，我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ The world's population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United Nations analysis found, raising concerns that adding more than 3 billion people to the planet could further deplete natural resources and accelerate global warming.
联合国最新分析发现，到本世纪末，世界人口可能会增至109亿。人们担心，地球上增加30多亿人口可能会进一步耗尽自然资源，加速全球变暖。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ So the next time you feel like you're only breathing from one side of your nose, remember that it's a natural, automatic system working to keep you smelling properly, and to make sure your nose doesn't get dried out by a constant onslaught of dirty air.
下次，你感觉自己只能用一侧鼻孔呼吸的时候，请记住这是一件很正常的事。你的自主系统正在帮助你恰当地闻到气味，并确保你的鼻子不会因为不断呼吸肮脏的空气而变得干燥。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
十年前我还是一名在校大学生，那时我在学校的自然历史博物馆实习。一天，在礼品店的收银机那儿工作时，我看到一对老年夫妇推着一个坐轮椅的小女孩走了进来。
---- World of Smiles
◇ She answered, "Our merciful God has caused my natural hands to grow back."
王后回答说：“仁慈的上帝让我又长出了一双手。”
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ There was a male peacock's long tail is really beautiful, golden and green colors interleaved with each other under the sun shone bright in the sunlight, stunning natural beauty of this miraculous good fortune as much a masterpiece, this is not an ordinary artist with colorful pen can describe arrived at.
有一只雄孔雀的长尾巴真是漂亮极了，金黄和翠绿的颜色互相交错，在阳光下闪烁着艳丽的光泽，令人惊叹大自然的造化竟有如此神奇美妙的杰作，这绝不是一般的画家用七彩笔所能描绘得出来的。
---- The Peacock