英语词汇“across the country”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. across country (formerly also † across the country): across fields, etc.; not keeping to (main) roads. Also in extended use. Cf. cross-country adj.

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1695 J. Sergeant Let. from Trooper in Flanders 5 Luxemburg coming across the Country, we were fain to out run our new Fortress.

1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 27 Gib. They'll be here to Night, Sir. Aim. Which way do they march? Gib. Across the Country.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 102 Two days ago, we went across the country to visit 'squire Burdock.

1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. II. 486 A train scent, (that is, a drag across the country).

1819 Times 21 Oct. 1/5 Gray Chariot-horses..either of them fit to carry 15 stone across country.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 573 He was directed to hasten thither across the country.

1888 Harper's Mag. Mar. 565/2 The Western people..think no more of throwing down a railroad..than a conservative Easterner does of taking an unaccustomed walk across country.

1901 Spectator 2 Nov. 631/1 He had to make the most arduous hot-foot journeys across the country.

1916 Auburn Seminary Rec. 10 June 282 An official cut across country to the bridge on a bicycle... I tuned up the Ford a bit and beat him to the bridge, even if I did have to go four times his distance.

1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside xvii. 379 A fenland river deposits silt in its bed and rises above the surrounding land. Eventually it may become unstable, breach a levée, and make off across country in a new course.

2004 Eventing Oct. 40/2 I knew if I went for it across country I had a chance.

单词	across the country
释义	> as lemmas across the country P3. across country (formerly also † across the country): across fields, etc.; not keeping to (main) roads. Also in extended use. Cf. cross-country adj. ΚΠ 1695 J. Sergeant Let. from Trooper in Flanders 5 Luxemburg coming across the Country, we were fain to out run our new Fortress. 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 27 Gib. They'll be here to Night, Sir. Aim. Which way do they march? Gib. Across the Country. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 102 Two days ago, we went across the country to visit 'squire Burdock. 1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. II. 486 A train scent, (that is, a drag across the country). 1819 Times 21 Oct. 1/5 Gray Chariot-horses..either of them fit to carry 15 stone across country. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 573 He was directed to hasten thither across the country. 1888 Harper's Mag. Mar. 565/2 The Western people..think no more of throwing down a railroad..than a conservative Easterner does of taking an unaccustomed walk across country. 1901 Spectator 2 Nov. 631/1 He had to make the most arduous hot-foot journeys across the country. 1916 Auburn Seminary Rec. 10 June 282 An official cut across country to the bridge on a bicycle... I tuned up the Ford a bit and beat him to the bridge, even if I did have to go four times his distance. 1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside xvii. 379 A fenland river deposits silt in its bed and rises above the surrounding land. Eventually it may become unstable, breach a levée, and make off across country in a new course. 2004 Eventing Oct. 40/2 I knew if I went for it across country I had a chance. extracted from countryn.adj. < as lemmas
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