单词 | country-bred |
释义 | > as lemmascountry-bred country-bred adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [adjective] > country-bred country-bred1620 bred1670 rurigenous1727 farm-bred1842 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. viii. ii. 59 He darted amourous wincks and glances at her.., Loues priuate Ambassadours, which shee (being but countrey-bred) seeming by outward appearance, not to see, retorted disdainefully. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 52 A Town-bred, or Countrey-bred Similitude. 1834 C. Brontë Let. 20 Feb. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) I. vii. 136 Too much afraid of appearing country-bred. 1999 Australian (Nexis) 4 May (Features section) 15 Reed's second marriage to the tall, beautiful, country-bred Josephine was largely happy. < as lemmas |
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