| 释义 |
no-ˈnation, a. dial.
[f. no a. 6 b + nation n.1]
(See quots.)
1825J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 57 Nonation, difficult to be understood; not intelligent; incoherent, wild. 1856P. Thompson Hist. Boston xvi. 716 No-nation place, an out-of-the-way locality, or lawless neighbourhood. 1868J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 357 No-nation, strange, remote, out-of-the-way; scarcely known, geographically; and, hence, uncivilised and rough. 1914Dialect Notes IV. 77 No-nation,..worthless. ‘You no-nation cuss!’ 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Oct. 792/1 He was a ‘no-nation’ boy and he had no name other than Duke. |