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单词 outland
释义 out·land
I. \ˈau̇tˌland, -_lənd, -ˌlaa(ə)nd\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūtland, from ūt out + land — more at out, land
1. Old Eng & feudal law : the outlying land not kept in demesne but granted to tenants — compare inland
2. : a foreign land or region
 < the outlands were glutting Europe with novelties — H.B.Alexander >
 < a vast natural buffer zone between her own centers of population and the vigorous pressure of the outlandTime >
3. outlands plural : the outlying regions of a country : provinces
 < the man who brought stars to the outlands — R.L.Taylor >
 < in the outlands, the Yankees had been strangers — Oscar Handlin >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from outland, n.
1.
 a. : of or relating to a foreign country or region
  < the chief outland interests of the Swedish people lay in their eastern colonies — F.M.Stenton >
 b. : belonging to a different region or group : alien
  < had taken up with an outland man — Maristan Chapman >
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the outlying sections of a country : provincial
 < one who peregrinated the country for seasonal jobs and could fascinate children with outland tales — John Buchan >
III. adverb
South : away from home
 < on my way outland — Emmett Gowen >
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