country lifen.

Brit.

/ˌkʌntrɪ ˈlʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈkəntri ˌlaɪf/

Forms: see country n. and adj. and life n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., life n.

Etymology: < country n. + life n.

Rural life, esp. as distinct from that of the town or city. Also: the lifestyle or pursuits (such as riding, hunting, fishing, etc.) regarded as typical of landed gentry. Also as a count noun: a life spent in the country.In quot. 1797 concrete: people living in the country.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > rustic pursuits or qualities

country lifec1565

arcadianism1823

bucolics1865

pastoralism1876

pastoralness1878

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > the country > country life

country lifec1565

rustication1732

c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. A.viii^v He wyll hould the Plowes No longer now.., But loathyng Countrey life, begyns, a ciuill lyfe to craue.

1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) sig. K2 Thus clogg'd with loue, with passions and with griefe, I saw the country life had least molest.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) A ij b Every one knows that a Country-life was the most Ancient.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 414. ¶1 We always find the Poet in Love with a Country-Life.

1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive I. Pref. p. viii All orders of country life, with one accord, forsook the sober sermons and Practical Pieties of their fathers, for the gay stories and splendid impieties of the Traveller and the Novelist.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 179 The aristocracy are marked by their predilection for country-life.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xlii. 336 A quiet country life—no racket except the roosters in the morning.

1920 A. Carnegie Autobiogr. ix. 128 He was one of the few Americans who then lived in the grand style of a country gentleman, with..a home that realized what one had read of the country life of a nobleman in England.

1949 K. Clark Landscape into Art i. 6 For the first time since antiquity the pursuits of country life are represented in art as a source of happiness.

1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 36/1 (advt.) Dark, buxom, educated, ex-farmer's wife, 41, n/s, loves country life, hunting, eventing, etc.

2000 S. R. Hamburg Will Our Love Last? xi. 199 Country life suited Henry just fine. He enjoyed working on the old stone farmhouse they lived in, and he even started raising a few chickens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	country life
释义	country lifen. Brit. /ˌkʌntrɪ ˈlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈkəntri ˌlaɪf/ Forms: see country n. and adj. and life n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., life n. Etymology: < country n. + life n. Rural life, esp. as distinct from that of the town or city. Also: the lifestyle or pursuits (such as riding, hunting, fishing, etc.) regarded as typical of landed gentry. Also as a count noun: a life spent in the country.In quot. 1797 concrete: people living in the country. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > rustic pursuits or qualities country lifec1565 arcadianism1823 bucolics1865 pastoralism1876 pastoralness1878 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > the country > country life country lifec1565 rustication1732 c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. A.viii^v He wyll hould the Plowes No longer now.., But loathyng Countrey life, begyns, a ciuill lyfe to craue. 1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) sig. K2 Thus clogg'd with loue, with passions and with griefe, I saw the country life had least molest. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) A ij b Every one knows that a Country-life was the most Ancient. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 414. ¶1 We always find the Poet in Love with a Country-Life. 1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive I. Pref. p. viii All orders of country life, with one accord, forsook the sober sermons and Practical Pieties of their fathers, for the gay stories and splendid impieties of the Traveller and the Novelist. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 179 The aristocracy are marked by their predilection for country-life. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xlii. 336 A quiet country life—no racket except the roosters in the morning. 1920 A. Carnegie Autobiogr. ix. 128 He was one of the few Americans who then lived in the grand style of a country gentleman, with..a home that realized what one had read of the country life of a nobleman in England. 1949 K. Clark Landscape into Art i. 6 For the first time since antiquity the pursuits of country life are represented in art as a source of happiness. 1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 36/1 (advt.) Dark, buxom, educated, ex-farmer's wife, 41, n/s, loves country life, hunting, eventing, etc. 2000 S. R. Hamburg Will Our Love Last? xi. 199 Country life suited Henry just fine. He enjoyed working on the old stone farmhouse they lived in, and he even started raising a few chickens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1565
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