terrain vaguen.

/ˌtɛrən ˈvaɡ/

Etymology: French colloquial, lit. ‘waste ground’.

Wasteland, no man's land (transferred and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > an unoccupied space > vast

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1920 R. Fry Let. 12 Oct. (1972) II. 493 I'm..painting up on Montmartre in a terrain vague with the hideous white tower of the Sacré Coeur dominating a jumble of modern houses.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 207 The same rapprochement between highbrow and lowbrow—both meeting in an emotional terrain vague—can be seen in literature.

1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 48 His desk was in the far corner against the wall, and to reach it one traversed a terrain vague which resembled the basement of Maple's, so crowded was it with armchairs, desks, prams..and all the impedimenta of gracious living.

1984 Sunday Times 26 Aug. 38/8 Alastair Reid occupies a terrain vague between reportage and belles lettres.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	terrain vague
释义	terrain vaguen. /ˌtɛrən ˈvaɡ/ Etymology: French colloquial, lit. ‘waste ground’. Wasteland, no man's land (transferred and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > an unoccupied space > vast waste1552 terrain vague1920 1920 R. Fry Let. 12 Oct. (1972) II. 493 I'm..painting up on Montmartre in a terrain vague with the hideous white tower of the Sacré Coeur dominating a jumble of modern houses. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 207 The same rapprochement between highbrow and lowbrow—both meeting in an emotional terrain vague—can be seen in literature. 1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 48 His desk was in the far corner against the wall, and to reach it one traversed a terrain vague which resembled the basement of Maple's, so crowded was it with armchairs, desks, prams..and all the impedimenta of gracious living. 1984 Sunday Times 26 Aug. 38/8 Alastair Reid occupies a terrain vague between reportage and belles lettres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1920
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