another countryn.

Brit.

/əˌnʌðə ˈkʌntri/, U.S.

/əˌnəðər ˈkəntri/

Forms: see another pron., adj., and adv. and country n. and adj.

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

Etymology: < another adj. + country n. With use in sense 1 compare earlier other world n. 1.

1. Chiefly literary and poetic. The realm of the dead, esp. regarded as a haven after life on earth; the state of death. Cf. other world n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of

deathOE

homeOE

restOE

sleepOE

powderc1300

corruptiona1340

gravec1380

darkness1535

silence1535

tomb1559

iron sleep1573

another country1597

iron slumber1604

deadness1607

deadlihead1612

deadlihood1659

nothingness1813

unlivingness1914

post-mortemity1922

1597 J. Melville tr. Manner Sicknesse & Departure Iean D'Albret in Fruitful & Comfortable Exhortatioun anent Death 77 Shee perceived that it behoved her to go into another Cuntrie; and therefore she prepared her selfe to receiue glaidly at the handes of God.

?a1641 Dicke of Devonshire iv. ii, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 70 1: You must dye to morrow. Pi.: Welcome, to morrow shall I be in another Country, where there are no Examiners,..nor barres nor Irons.

1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World II. xix. 186 If in another country the soul liveth, this witness shall live with it.

1878 J. H. Stirling Burns in Drama v. i. 64 All my interest in this earth is gone, all my yearning is for another country.

1985 B. Moore Black Robe viii. 165 I will die and go to another country where our dead have gone.

2. A situation, condition, or state of affairs very different in nature or character from one's usual experience; something which is unfamiliar, unknown, or not understood.The common phrase the past is another country is perhaps influenced by the use of a similar phrase in the first sentence of L. P. Hartley's novel The Go-between, and the 1970 film of the same name (see quot. 1953).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > instance of

terra incognita1616

indeterminable1646

X1808

unknown1829

incognita1846

the other side of the hill1852

terra ignotaa1925

another country1952

1952 A. C. Rich Diamond Cutters 111 Summer was another country, where the birds woke us at dawn.

1953 L. P. Hartley Go-between Prol. 9 The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.]

1985 Amer. Ethnologist 12 523 The past is another country. One must respect its customs, strive to appreciate its culture.

1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 11 The young sleep in another country, at once very dangerous and out of harm's way.

2002 Independent 23 May 13/2 We can never know for certain what lies before us, the future is another country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	another country
释义	another countryn. Brit. /əˌnʌðə ˈkʌntri/, U.S. /əˌnəðər ˈkəntri/ Forms: see another pron., adj., and adv. and country n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: another adj., country n. Etymology: < another adj. + country n. With use in sense 1 compare earlier other world n. 1. 1. Chiefly literary and poetic. The realm of the dead, esp. regarded as a haven after life on earth; the state of death. Cf. other world n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of deathOE homeOE restOE sleepOE powderc1300 corruptiona1340 gravec1380 darkness1535 silence1535 tomb1559 iron sleep1573 another country1597 iron slumber1604 deadness1607 deadlihead1612 deadlihood1659 nothingness1813 unlivingness1914 post-mortemity1922 1597 J. Melville tr. Manner Sicknesse & Departure Iean D'Albret in Fruitful & Comfortable Exhortatioun anent Death 77 Shee perceived that it behoved her to go into another Cuntrie; and therefore she prepared her selfe to receiue glaidly at the handes of God. ?a1641 Dicke of Devonshire iv. ii, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 70 1: You must dye to morrow. Pi.: Welcome, to morrow shall I be in another Country, where there are no Examiners,..nor barres nor Irons. 1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World II. xix. 186 If in another country the soul liveth, this witness shall live with it. 1878 J. H. Stirling Burns in Drama v. i. 64 All my interest in this earth is gone, all my yearning is for another country. 1985 B. Moore Black Robe viii. 165 I will die and go to another country where our dead have gone. 2. A situation, condition, or state of affairs very different in nature or character from one's usual experience; something which is unfamiliar, unknown, or not understood.The common phrase the past is another country is perhaps influenced by the use of a similar phrase in the first sentence of L. P. Hartley's novel The Go-between, and the 1970 film of the same name (see quot. 1953). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > instance of terra incognita1616 indeterminable1646 X1808 unknown1829 incognita1846 the other side of the hill1852 terra ignotaa1925 another country1952 1952 A. C. Rich Diamond Cutters 111 Summer was another country, where the birds woke us at dawn. 1953 L. P. Hartley Go-between Prol. 9 The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.] 1985 Amer. Ethnologist 12 523 The past is another country. One must respect its customs, strive to appreciate its culture. 1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 11 The young sleep in another country, at once very dangerous and out of harm's way. 2002 Independent 23 May 13/2 We can never know for certain what lies before us, the future is another country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1597
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