| 单词 | gold country |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold country gold country n. (a) a country or nation that produces or is rich in gold (now rare); (b) any area or region in which gold is found or sought. ΚΠ 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. (index) Gold Countries. 1670 J. Ogilby Africa 238 The Slaves..[carry] Packs..of Goods... to barter to the Southern and Gold-Countreys. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea Index sig. Ii8 Ananse, an in-lande Gold Country. 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 13 From the Accounts we have of these three Voyages, it looks as if they had a mind to keep this Gold Country to themselves. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. i. 75/1 We are to guide our British Friends into the new Gold-country, and shew them the mines. 1980 P. McCurtin Double-barrel Sundance i. 8 But there was gold up there waiting to be taken out... This part of Nevada was gold country. 2000 S. Haffner Defying Hitler (2002) 255 The English got..India and Egypt and..Australia and South Africa, the gold countries. 2014 J. B. Severance Fortune Found xx. 119 It started out as a mining town... Like every settlement in gold country, it had a considerable tent city. < as lemmas |
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