carte du paysn.

/kart dᵿ ˈpeɪ/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘map of the country’.

The lie of the land; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun]

chorography1617

pedography1625

topography1642

paysage1650

face1673

the lie of the land1697

carte du pays1744

terrain1766

network1839

landscape1886

land form1893

microtopography1941

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > state of affairs

casec1405

state of time (also times)1534

state of (the) case1577

time of day1667

carte du pays1744

1744 H. Walpole Let. 22 July (1955) XVIII. 483 Not being quite perfect in the carte du pays, told my Lady, [&c.].

1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan II. xviii. 436 My companion, who knew the carte-du-pays well, had been prowling about to discover..the means of getting on.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. ix. 228 [He] knew, from the carte du pays which the scouts of the parliamentary agent had given him, that Mr. Benson was a person to be conciliated.

1905 R. Broughton Waif's Progress ii. 11 I want, before you go, to give you a tiny carte du pays.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	carte du pays
释义	carte du paysn. /kart dᵿ ˈpeɪ/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘map of the country’. The lie of the land; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] chorography1617 pedography1625 topography1642 paysage1650 face1673 the lie of the land1697 carte du pays1744 terrain1766 network1839 landscape1886 land form1893 microtopography1941 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > state of affairs casec1405 state of time (also times)1534 state of (the) case1577 time of day1667 carte du pays1744 1744 H. Walpole Let. 22 July (1955) XVIII. 483 Not being quite perfect in the carte du pays, told my Lady, [&c.]. 1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan II. xviii. 436 My companion, who knew the carte-du-pays well, had been prowling about to discover..the means of getting on. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. ix. 228 [He] knew, from the carte du pays which the scouts of the parliamentary agent had given him, that Mr. Benson was a person to be conciliated. 1905 R. Broughton Waif's Progress ii. 11 I want, before you go, to give you a tiny carte du pays. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1744
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