| 单词 | demonland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdemonland demonland n. [in quot. 1846 after Chinese Gŭifāng, a former (Shang Dynasty) place name ( < gŭi ghost, supernatural being, also used to denote some foreign peoples + fāng quarter, region)] a realm inhabited by evil beings or demons; an evil place; cf. fairyland n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > realm of demonland1846 1846 W. H. Medhurst in tr. Shoo King 359 The inhabitants of the demon land [Chinese Gŭifāng] having become dissolute, Woo-ting attacked them. 1859 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes i. 29 Grim or gentle visitants from Demonland or Fairyland. 1903 A. H. Lewis Black Lion Inn v. 56 Elves and gnomes and brownies and other malignant, small folk of Demonland. 2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 5 Feb. (Features section) 15 They [sc. the Anglo-Saxons] lived in the kind of lawless demonland that libertarians in the US would have us return to now, the rule of clans and hundreds of kings. < as lemmas |
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