单词 | country |
释义 | country /'kAntri; 'kAntn/ n (pl -ries) 1 [C] land occupied by a nation: 国家; 赢土: European countries. 欧洲菌参。 2 [C] land of a person's birth or citizenship: 故乡; 祖国: to return to one's own ~. 返回故乡。 3 the ~,the people of a ~ (1); the nation as a whole: 一国的人民; 全国: Does the ~ want war? 全体国人都要战争吗? go to the ~, (GB) appeal to the public by a general election for the right to form a government(3). (英)举行大选 (要求全民普选以决定组阁之权)。 4 the ~, land used for farming, land consisting of open spaces, etc; the contrary of town and suburb: 乡间; 田野; 乡野(与城市及城郊相对): to live in the ~; 居住于乡间; to spend a day in the ~. 在乡间度过一日。 5 (used attrib) of or in the ~ (4): (形容用法)乡间的; 乡下的: ~ life; 乡间生活; ~ roads. 乡下的路。 ~ club, club in the ~ or suburbs, where members may enjoy outdoor sports, etc. 乡村俱乐部(会员可在此享受户外运动等)。 ~ cousin, (colloq) person who is unaccustomed to town life and ways. (俗)(不惯城市生活的)乡巴佬; 乡下老表。 ~ dance, (esp GB) one in which couples are face to face in two long lines or face inwards from four sides. (尤指英国的)土风舞(由男女面对面排成两长排或面向内排成四边形而舞之)。 ~ gentleman, man who owns land in the ~ and has a house there. 乡绅 (在乡间拥有田地房产之人) 。 ~-house,~-seat, house of a ~ gentleman, 乡绅的住宅; 庄园。 party, political party supporting agricultural interests (against manufacturing interests). 农民党 (支持农民利益以对抗实业利益的政党) 。 6 [U] (with attrib adj) area of land (esp considered with reference to its physical or geographical features): (与属性形容词连用) (带有汇梅地形或地理特点的) 胰野; 地域; 地带: We passed through miles of densely wooded ~. 我们经过了许多哩茂密的森林地带。 This is unknown ~ to me, I have not been through it before (or, fig, This is a branch of learning, etc with which L am unfamiliar). 这地方我未曾到过; (或作喻) 这门学问我不懂。 |
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