单词 | land of the rising sun |
释义 | > as lemmasland (also country, island, kingdom, etc.) of the rising sun land (also country, island, kingdom, etc.) of the rising sun: used to denote a country, region, etc., associated with the east or the orient; spec. (now the usual sense) (a name for) Japan; see also Empire of the Rising Sun n. at empire n. and adj. Phrases 1. [With reference to Japan after Japanese Nippon-koku, lit. ‘land of the origin of the sun’ (see Nippon n.). With the Chinese forms mentioned in quots. a1773 and 1805 compare discussion at Japan n.] ΚΠ 1693 T. Walker in tr. N. Knatchbull Annot. New Test. sig. A5 Knatchbull a diff'rent Conquest has obtain'd, Old Greece subdu'd, and Palestine regain'd; Has o're the Empire of the Romans run, And view'd the Regions of the rising Sun. a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1780) XII. 38 Niphon..in their language signifies the East or Origin of the Sun. From the Chinese name Gepuanque, that is, kingdom of the rising Sun, Europeans have formed the word Japan. 1805 Asiatick Researches 8 332 It is described as the island of the rising sun, which is the meaning of the words Japan or Gepuen. 1826 R. Morrison Parting Memorial xii. 152 In the distant regions beyond the Ganges, and in the land of the ‘rising sun’, children do not enjoy those spiritual advantages which children in this country enjoy. 1850 Illustr. London News 31 Aug. 183/2 I gazed long at this venerable importation from the land of the rising sun. He sat as motionless as though he had been a merchant of Bagdad or Balsora. 1907 Trans. & Proc. Japan Soc. 8 314 In these days..when a man may wander where he will through the lovely islands of the Rising Sun, it seems almost incredible that..in 1858 there was not a living Englishman who could say that he had ever set foot in Japan. 1996 Herald (Glasgow) 15 Apr. 17 A fifth of the company's turnover emanates from the country of the Rising Sun. 2005 Washington Post 28 July c11/1 Sudoku..is a logic puzzle that has long been enjoyed in the Land of the Rising Sun. < as lemmas |
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