单词 | country-wide |
释义 | > as lemmascountry-wide country-wide adj. and adv. (a) adj. extending throughout the country; relating to or serving the entire country; (b) adv. throughout the country; nationwide. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused > widely wideOE rampanta1540 widespread1582 cheverel1583 worldwide1602 broada1616 ubiquitary1652 wide-spreading1655 broadcast1785 country-wide1845 statewide1848 nationwide1891 planetwide1920 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > throughout a country country-wide1845 1845 Emancipator & Weekly Chron. (Boston) 28 May 1/4 A church with a compact, country-wide, or national organization. 1896 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. 27/5 Two splendid floral fêtes, whose fame has spread countrywide. 1915 San Francisco Chron. 4 July 20/8 James J. Hill, famous railway man, known countrywide as the ‘Empire Builder’, has seen fit to enter the California transportation field. 1938 Times 30 May 16/1 The demand which it was established to meet is countrywide and unfailing. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. 26 Spartech..has 12 factories countrywide making rigid sheet plastic. 2007 Irish News (Nexis) 2 June 3 A dangerous paedophile pensioner who..was the subject of a country-wide manhunt. < as lemmas |
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