单词 | country park |
释义 | > as lemmascountry park country park n. an area of countryside set aside for public recreation; spec. (in the United Kingdom) one of a number of such areas, often situated close to urban developments, created under the provision of the Countryside Act 1968 (frequently in the name of particular parks). ΚΠ 1888 Garden & Forest 1 412/1 Hereafter we shall have to speak of country-parks when we wish to designate..‘lands intended and appropriated for the recreation of the people by means of their rural, sylvan and natural scenery and character’. Country parks are sometimes of small area,..but generally an area of at least fifty or one hundred acres is required to provide a natural aspect. 1966 Leisure in Countryside 6 in Parl. Papers 1965–6 (Cmnd. 2928) XIII. 223 ‘Country Parks’..would make it easier for town-dwellers to enjoy their leisure in the open, without travelling too far..; they would ease the pressure on the more remote and solitary places. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Aug. xi. 23 The kayakers put their boats in the water at Cedar Beech Country Park near East Cuchogue. 2000 Times 11 Jan. 3/4 The thieves used a hired open-backed lorry with a mechanical arm to lift the £15,000 narrow-gauge engine from its shed at Crossford Country Park, near Lanark. < as lemmas |
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