| 单词 | great white north |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat White North Great White North n. (a) the Arctic; (b) (in later use, chiefly North American) Canada. ΚΠ 1895 A. W. Greely Addr. 6th Internat. Geogr. Congr. in E. B. Baldwin Search for North Pole (1896) i. 16 If one would gain an adequate idea of the true aspects of such voyaging, he must turn to the original journals, penned in the great White North by brave men. 1910 H. S. Wright (title) The Great White North: the story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the Pole. 1981 Film Comment May 77 These two guys, Bob and Doug McKenzie..sit on a mock-up set with a map of Canada, the Great White North, behind them and a dozen cases of Molson's Canadian surrounding them. 1993 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 14 May c3 It's the '40s and Walter is back in the Great White North... Things are much the same in the Arctic Circle. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Sept. iii. 1/1 In the Great White North, fans feel strongly either way about their national sport. < as lemmas |
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