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

a. A low-lying region of north-western Europe, now comprising the kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Usually, and now only, in plural in the Low Countries.Sometimes, esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries, also extended to include parts of northern France (as Artois and French Flanders) and western Germany.

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1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccvi/1 I can nat tell howe the frenche men and other of lowe countreys coulde endure the payne of the hote and grose ayre that they founde there.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij^v To all the cytyes of the Gaule Belgique or lowe countrey.

?1568 tr. Declar. Prince of Orange Def. against Duke of Alba sig. A.vii^v Of which pointes as of all other affairs of the low country, ye shal finde more ample declaration in our iustification now of late set-forth by vs.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G ^v It would not conuert clubs and clowted shoone from the flesh-pots of Egipt, to the Prouant of the Low-countreyes.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. vi. 42 The war was..hot in the Low-Countries.

1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus in Wks. (1731) I. 182 In France, and the Low-Countries..the Heats or the Colds, and Changes of Seasons, are less treatable than they are with us.

1739 E. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation III. i. v. 144 What I have said..concerning the Reformation of the Low Countries, is abstracted out of the Abridgement of Brandt's History.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 292 Presses of his structure became..general throughout the Low Countries.

1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish Pref. The career of poor but daring spirits in the age of Elizabeth was often sought in the Low Countries.

1887 M. Morris Claverhouse (1888) v. 80 He had served his apprenticeship to the trade of war in the Low Countries.

1908 A. Hassall in Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1912) V. ii. 38 The southern portion of the Spanish Low Countries was speedily overrun; and Lille, the most important of the Belgian cities, was taken.

1940 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 Apr. 176 German tanks acted as the spearhead in the rapid Nazi advance through the Low Countries and Northern France.

2007 Racing Rev. 65/3 Ladbrokes already have a considerable foothold in the Low Countries and, indeed, it is to Belgium that they are looking for help in moving further afield.

单词	the low countries
释义	> as lemmas the Low Countries a. A low-lying region of north-western Europe, now comprising the kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Usually, and now only, in plural in the Low Countries.Sometimes, esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries, also extended to include parts of northern France (as Artois and French Flanders) and western Germany. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Low Countries > [noun] low country1525 lowlandsc1685 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccvi/1 I can nat tell howe the frenche men and other of lowe countreys coulde endure the payne of the hote and grose ayre that they founde there. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij^v To all the cytyes of the Gaule Belgique or lowe countrey. ?1568 tr. Declar. Prince of Orange Def. against Duke of Alba sig. A.vii^v Of which pointes as of all other affairs of the low country, ye shal finde more ample declaration in our iustification now of late set-forth by vs. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G ^v It would not conuert clubs and clowted shoone from the flesh-pots of Egipt, to the Prouant of the Low-countreyes. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. vi. 42 The war was..hot in the Low-Countries. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus in Wks. (1731) I. 182 In France, and the Low-Countries..the Heats or the Colds, and Changes of Seasons, are less treatable than they are with us. 1739 E. A. Laval Compend. Hist. Reformation III. i. v. 144 What I have said..concerning the Reformation of the Low Countries, is abstracted out of the Abridgement of Brandt's History. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 292 Presses of his structure became..general throughout the Low Countries. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish Pref. The career of poor but daring spirits in the age of Elizabeth was often sought in the Low Countries. 1887 M. Morris Claverhouse (1888) v. 80 He had served his apprenticeship to the trade of war in the Low Countries. 1908 A. Hassall in Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1912) V. ii. 38 The southern portion of the Spanish Low Countries was speedily overrun; and Lille, the most important of the Belgian cities, was taken. 1940 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 Apr. 176 German tanks acted as the spearhead in the rapid Nazi advance through the Low Countries and Northern France. 2007 Racing Rev. 65/3 Ladbrokes already have a considerable foothold in the Low Countries and, indeed, it is to Belgium that they are looking for help in moving further afield. extracted from low countryn.adj. < as lemmas
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