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单词 outback
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Definition of outback in English:

outback

noun ˈaʊtbakˈaʊtˌbæk
the outback
  • 1The remote and usually uninhabited inland districts of Australia.

    a two-week tour of the outback
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, this map only adds to the confusion when the lovers meet their destiny at a beach not too far from outback Australia.
    • Maybe they would be happier in the wilderness of Canada, or the outback of Australia.
    • My worst rental car horror story occurred in the middle of the Australian outback.
    • So take a lady hunting, and it doesn't have to be feral camels in the outback of Australia, either.
    • This dim sequel reverses the direction of the oddly successful original, beginning in New York and then moving to the outback of Australia.
    • From the outset, and despite the image of the rough and tough cattle farmers braving all in the outback, Australia's history has largely been an urban one.
    • A number toured outback Queensland as travelling showmen later in that century.
    • They are off on a hedonistic tour across the Australian outback.
    • But the Aussie outback is about to deliver up a bit more than he is expecting.
    • In the summer of 1978 I returned to England after spending nearly three years working in outback Australia.
    • The life of a missionary in outback South Australia was not an easy one.
    • More than a hundred years ago people had very different ideas about the bush, the interior or the outback of South Australia than what we have today.
    • They all had that yellowing with age feel that is always represented in the outback Australia images and it felt run down and not entirely friendly.
    • And it was largely on the backs of these Afghans and their camels that the outback of Australia was opened.
    • We had one of our staff members who took on a house in Marree, which is outback South Australia, which is at the end of the Birdsville Track.
    • We have settled on three possible sites in outback South Australia, with one preferred site near Woomera.
    • But the epic journey traversed by the other two girls took place in some of the harshest outback country in Australia.
    • Railways cover much of the vast distances of outback Australia.
    • The true King of England is alive and well and living in the outback of Australia.
    • So why was this bunch of people travelling around outback Australia?
    Synonyms
    countryside, green belt, great outdoors
    1. 1.1 Any remote or sparsely populated inland region.
      the outback of Ontario
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My constituency is in the outbacks and is a very backward one.
      • From the mid-twelfth century until modern times the Sufi brotherhoods flourished all over the Islamic world, from rural outbacks to the dense human fabric of the cities.
      • They may be able to wander about in the outbacks of that country or in the remoter regions of Pakistan.
      • It's the kind of intact wilderness that biologists usually find only in rough outbacks, where tents and dried beans are the standard.
      • It is accepted everywhere because of compromises made long ago to ameliorate wild men in outbacks like Chicago and California who thought there could be only one true method of handicapping - theirs.
      • I think it is great that in schools today young children are taught about different cultures and religions, even here in the outbacks in Scotland's north.
      • Another time, he is a wanderer with a weather-beaten face exploring the Indian outbacks and striking chords with common people.

Derivatives

  • outbacker

  • noun
 
 

Definition of outback in US English:

outback

nounˈaʊtˌbækˈoutˌbak
the outback
  • 1The remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia.

    a two-week tour of the outback
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So why was this bunch of people travelling around outback Australia?
    • Maybe they would be happier in the wilderness of Canada, or the outback of Australia.
    • But the Aussie outback is about to deliver up a bit more than he is expecting.
    • The true King of England is alive and well and living in the outback of Australia.
    • And it was largely on the backs of these Afghans and their camels that the outback of Australia was opened.
    • They are off on a hedonistic tour across the Australian outback.
    • They all had that yellowing with age feel that is always represented in the outback Australia images and it felt run down and not entirely friendly.
    • But the epic journey traversed by the other two girls took place in some of the harshest outback country in Australia.
    • My worst rental car horror story occurred in the middle of the Australian outback.
    • In the summer of 1978 I returned to England after spending nearly three years working in outback Australia.
    • The life of a missionary in outback South Australia was not an easy one.
    • From the outset, and despite the image of the rough and tough cattle farmers braving all in the outback, Australia's history has largely been an urban one.
    • Railways cover much of the vast distances of outback Australia.
    • This dim sequel reverses the direction of the oddly successful original, beginning in New York and then moving to the outback of Australia.
    • We had one of our staff members who took on a house in Marree, which is outback South Australia, which is at the end of the Birdsville Track.
    • We have settled on three possible sites in outback South Australia, with one preferred site near Woomera.
    • More than a hundred years ago people had very different ideas about the bush, the interior or the outback of South Australia than what we have today.
    • A number toured outback Queensland as travelling showmen later in that century.
    • However, this map only adds to the confusion when the lovers meet their destiny at a beach not too far from outback Australia.
    • So take a lady hunting, and it doesn't have to be feral camels in the outback of Australia, either.
    Synonyms
    countryside, green belt, great outdoors
    1. 1.1 Any remote or sparsely populated region.
      the outback of Ontario
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is accepted everywhere because of compromises made long ago to ameliorate wild men in outbacks like Chicago and California who thought there could be only one true method of handicapping - theirs.
      • It's the kind of intact wilderness that biologists usually find only in rough outbacks, where tents and dried beans are the standard.
      • I think it is great that in schools today young children are taught about different cultures and religions, even here in the outbacks in Scotland's north.
      • Another time, he is a wanderer with a weather-beaten face exploring the Indian outbacks and striking chords with common people.
      • My constituency is in the outbacks and is a very backward one.
      • From the mid-twelfth century until modern times the Sufi brotherhoods flourished all over the Islamic world, from rural outbacks to the dense human fabric of the cities.
      • They may be able to wander about in the outbacks of that country or in the remoter regions of Pakistan.
 
 
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