| 单词 | the dark continent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Dark Continent 13. Designating a place considered remote, inaccessible, and uncivilized. Frequently in the Dark Continent: (a name given to) Africa (now sometimes offensive). Later chiefly in superlative, originally as an epithet for Africa, and hence applied to other places (humorous or ironic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] the Dark Continent1826 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible > most remote dark1826 1826 Eng. Gentleman 3 Dec. 388/3 Has it civilized Africa—suppressed the slave trade—tended to spread the blessings of Christianity, in any part of that dark Continent? Alas! no! 1878 H. M. Stanley (title) Through the dark continent. 1890 H. M. Stanley (title) Through Darkest Africa. 1891 W. Booth (title) In Darkest England, and the way out. 1959 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust I. xii. 206 The beautiful Marie Nordlinger..had arrived from darkest Manchester to study painting and sculpture in Paris. 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) vi. 511 I've walked off more marriages and close calls than you can shake a stick at, but never got out of the Dark Continent. 2017 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 11 May (National ed.) 51 When I was younger, maybe 17 or 18, I found myself working with a demolition crew in deepest, darkest Rochdale. < as lemmas |
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