单词 | bundu |
释义 | bundun. South African. A remote rural region; the wilds; = the back of beyond at beyond adv., prep., and n. Phrases 7. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 1946 Cape Times 22 Oct. 6/7 The King is expected to wear a bush shirt and shorts and, while he is in Rhodesia, a bundu hat. 1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra vii. 133 Life in the bundu. 1950 Cape Argus 27 May 4/6 He..finds time to go into the bundu after big game. 1958 N. Gordimer World of Strangers ii. 54 It's absolutely in the bundu, of course, forty-three miles from Neksburg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1946 |
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