单词 | bluegrass country |
释义 | > as lemmasbluegrass country bluegrass country n. (now usually with capital first initial) = sense A. 1b.In quot. 1837: a region suitable for growing bluegrass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Kentucky bluegrass country1837 Bluegrass State1886 1837 Tennessee Farmer Feb. 17/1 I gave..the proof that ours is a bluegrass country. 1849 Rep. Deb. & Proc. Convent. for Revision Constit. State of Kentucky 550/1 The rich limestone regions of the state, sometimes termed the blue grass country. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 50/2 It is but a short distance from the blue-grass country to the eastern mountains. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VI. 366 A valuable fodder grass usually found in blue-grass country. 2002 W. Shawcross Queen & Country vii. 184 She keeps mares in Bluegrass country in Kentucky. < as lemmas |
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