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

country

/ˈkʌntri

noun (plural countries)

1A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory: the country’s increasingly precarious economic position Spain, Italy, and other European countries...

It is more than four times what all the European Union countries together spend on arms.
He also wants European states to slash aid to the poor countries that refugees flee from.
In some ways it seems like a better option for some countries to turn to democracy.

Synonyms

state, nation, sovereign state, kingdom, realm, territory, province, principality, palatinate, duchy, empire, commonwealth

homeland, native land, native soil, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, birthplace;

the land of one's birth, the land of one's fathers, the old country, one's roots, one's home

1.1 (the country) The people of a nation: the whole country took to the streets...

Let's leave motorists alone and concentrate on the many other problems within the borough and the country as a whole.
Incentives and discipline work together to secure a desirable outcome for the country as a whole.
Over the past 12 months, the country as a whole has seen a series of appalling incidents involving guns.

Synonyms

people, public, general public, population, populace, community, citizenry, nation, body politic, collective;

inhabitants, residents, citizens, electors, voters, taxpayers, ratepayers, grass roots

British informal Joe Public

rare indigenes

2 (often the country) Districts and small settlements outside large urban areas or the capital: the airfield is right out in the country [as modifier]: a country lane...

Then he said they had died in a gun battle with soldiers on a country road outside the capital.
Shoppers, workers and students we spoke to complained of the country roads outside the town.
It is vitally important that the people here are united in this thrust to depopulate the country area.

Synonyms

countryside, green belt, great outdoors;

provinces, backwoods, wilds, wilderness, hinterland;

a rural area, a rural district;

farmland, agricultural land;

Australian outback, bush, back country, backblocks, booay;

South African backveld, platteland

informal sticks, back of beyond, middle of nowhere

North American informal boondocks, boonies, tall timbers

Australian informal Woop Woop, beyond the black stump

3 [mass noun] An area or region with regard to its physical features: a tract of wild country...

It is a wild and woolly country which drew me in and one that continues to find new ways to embrace me.
But his true appeal lies in his own personal evocation of wild country.
It was a wild, rugged country that used horses and carts for transport and grew wheat in their fields.

Synonyms

terrain, land, territory, parts;

landscape, scenery, setting, surroundings, environment

3.1A region associated with a particular person, work, or television programme: an old mansion in Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ country...

A farming family in Herriot country is offering death with dignity for all creatures great and small.
Once you arrive at D.H. Lawrence Country you can begin to enjoy the Lawrence countryside which he referred to as ‘The Country of my Heart’.
This area is also famous as Macbeth Country, and the The Birnam Wood, made famous by the witches' prophesy in Shakespeare's MacBeth, is on the south bank of the River Tay.

4 short for country music.

Phrases

across country

go (or appeal) to the country

one's line of country

Origin

Middle English: from Old French cuntree, from medieval Latin contrata (terra) '(land) lying opposite', from Latin contra 'against, opposite'.

Country comes from medieval Latin contrata terra, meaning ‘the land lying opposite, the landscape spread out in front of you’. This is based on Latin contra ‘against or opposite’ and terra ‘land’, the source of words at terrace. A country fit for heroes to live in is a phrase associated with the British prime minister David Lloyd George (1863–1945). In a speech in 1918, he said ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’ A person from a rural background who is unfamiliar with, and alarmed by, urban life can be called a country mouse. The allusion is to one of Aesop's fables, which contrasts the country mouse with the streetwise city-dwelling town mouse. In the fable each mouse visits the other, but is in the end convinced of the superiority of its own home.

单词	country
释义	country /ˈkʌntri / noun (plural countries) 1A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory: the country’s increasingly precarious economic position Spain, Italy, and other European countries... It is more than four times what all the European Union countries together spend on arms. He also wants European states to slash aid to the poor countries that refugees flee from. In some ways it seems like a better option for some countries to turn to democracy. Synonyms state, nation, sovereign state, kingdom, realm, territory, province, principality, palatinate, duchy, empire, commonwealth homeland, native land, native soil, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, birthplace; the land of one's birth, the land of one's fathers, the old country, one's roots, one's home 1.1 (the country) The people of a nation: the whole country took to the streets... Let's leave motorists alone and concentrate on the many other problems within the borough and the country as a whole. Incentives and discipline work together to secure a desirable outcome for the country as a whole. Over the past 12 months, the country as a whole has seen a series of appalling incidents involving guns. Synonyms people, public, general public, population, populace, community, citizenry, nation, body politic, collective; inhabitants, residents, citizens, electors, voters, taxpayers, ratepayers, grass roots British informal Joe Public rare indigenes 2 (often the country) Districts and small settlements outside large urban areas or the capital: the airfield is right out in the country [as modifier]: a country lane... Then he said they had died in a gun battle with soldiers on a country road outside the capital. Shoppers, workers and students we spoke to complained of the country roads outside the town. It is vitally important that the people here are united in this thrust to depopulate the country area. Synonyms countryside, green belt, great outdoors; provinces, backwoods, wilds, wilderness, hinterland; a rural area, a rural district; farmland, agricultural land; Australian outback, bush, back country, backblocks, booay; South African backveld, platteland informal sticks, back of beyond, middle of nowhere North American informal boondocks, boonies, tall timbers Australian informal Woop Woop, beyond the black stump 3 [mass noun] An area or region with regard to its physical features: a tract of wild country... It is a wild and woolly country which drew me in and one that continues to find new ways to embrace me. But his true appeal lies in his own personal evocation of wild country. It was a wild, rugged country that used horses and carts for transport and grew wheat in their fields. Synonyms terrain, land, territory, parts; landscape, scenery, setting, surroundings, environment 3.1A region associated with a particular person, work, or television programme: an old mansion in Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ country... A farming family in Herriot country is offering death with dignity for all creatures great and small. Once you arrive at D.H. Lawrence Country you can begin to enjoy the Lawrence countryside which he referred to as ‘The Country of my Heart’. This area is also famous as Macbeth Country, and the The Birnam Wood, made famous by the witches' prophesy in Shakespeare's MacBeth, is on the south bank of the River Tay. 4 short for country music. Phrases across country go (or appeal) to the country one's line of country Origin Middle English: from Old French cuntree, from medieval Latin contrata (terra) '(land) lying opposite', from Latin contra 'against, opposite'. Country comes from medieval Latin contrata terra, meaning ‘the land lying opposite, the landscape spread out in front of you’. This is based on Latin contra ‘against or opposite’ and terra ‘land’, the source of words at terrace. A country fit for heroes to live in is a phrase associated with the British prime minister David Lloyd George (1863–1945). In a speech in 1918, he said ‘What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.’ A person from a rural background who is unfamiliar with, and alarmed by, urban life can be called a country mouse. The allusion is to one of Aesop's fables, which contrasts the country mouse with the streetwise city-dwelling town mouse. In the fable each mouse visits the other, but is in the end convinced of the superiority of its own home. Rhymes upcountry
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