单词 | uplander |
释义 | uplandern. An inhabitant or native of an upland part or district. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on high land Highlandman1450 overlander1548 mountainer1577 mountaineer1599 highlander1614 mountainist1625 uplander1699 hillman1854 hill-woman1895 hillsider1898 tiersman1941 Montagnard1966 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Uplander, montagnard. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Uplander, one that lives in the High Grounds; an High-lander. 1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) at Upland Probably because the uplanders, having less commerce, were less civilised. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Uplander, Uplandman, an inhabitant of the uplands. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 14 But fifty knew the shipman's gear, The rest were uplanders. 1888 C. Oman Hist. Greece (1901) xi. 103 These Uplanders occupied the arid hills of the interior. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1699 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。