| 单词 | mother nation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother nation mother nation n. (a) a nation in relation to its colonies or dependencies; a nation from which others evolved; (b) a nation in which something originated. ΚΠ 1622 F. Bacon Advt. Holy Warre in Wks. (1879) I. 529/1 There are other bands of society, and implicit confederations. That of colonies, or transmigrants, towards their mother nation. 1757 M. Postlethwayt Great Britain's True Syst. x. 267 To the Advantage of..the general Prosperity of their Colonies, in Conjunction with that of their Mother-nation. 1897 A. Drucker tr. R. J. von Ihering Evol. Aryan 20 The endeavour of Indologians to attribute the highest possible degree of civilization to the mother-nation. 1942 Ethics 52 142 Outlying territories that have come under the control of the mother-nation. 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Apr. 42 The memories of Ecuador's extraordinary victory over the mother nation of tennis on their most hallowed territory, Wimbledon, last July, came flooding back. < as lemmas |
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