单词 | foreign holiday |
释义 | > as lemmasforeign holiday 8. Carried on or taking place abroad; into or with other countries; as in foreign commerce, foreign holiday, foreign trade, foreign voyage, foreign war, etc.See also foreign exchange n., foreign mission n., foreign service n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > carried on in foreign countries foreign1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvij When foren warre and outward battailes, were brought to an ende. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 176 To take on mee a forreigne voyage. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 475 A forraigne Invasion abroad. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 32 A man whose forraign imployments in the service of this Nation, and [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 7 A great Part of our Trade depends upon our Foreign Commerce. 1840 H. Malcom Trav. 34/1 The foreign trade is extinct. 1900 Internat. Monthly 2 607 The safest policy..was to steer as clear as possible from foreign conflicts and foreign alliances. 1930 Week-end Rev. 7 June 467 Ireland this year! For a ‘different’ holiday, with all the charms of foreign travel and none of the disadvantages. 2005 R. Bean Harvest 89 I like me foreign holidays, I like me new cars. < as lemmas |
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