| 单词 | land of the setting sun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland (also country, etc.) of the setting sun b. land (also country, etc.) of the setting sun: used to denote a country, region, etc., located in or associated with the west. Cf. land of the rising sun at rising sun n. Phrases. ΚΠ a1771 J. Gambold Martyrdom of Ignatius (1773) v. ii. 104 I a bishop from the distant East, Now see the countries of the setting sun. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 69 High Muck-a-mucks, the paleface from the land of the setting sun greets you! 1883 J. Fraser Shanty 56 George, like many of his young compatriots, is smitten with the Manitoban fever, and is off to the land of the setting sun. 1992 M. J. Lakeland tr. F. Mernissi Islam & Democracy i. 13 The territory of the setting sun is also the territory of the faraway, of what is elsewhere. 2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 20 May (Features section) 11 Maybe there's a bit of Celt in us that has inherited some lingering bond with the west. Perhaps our romantic side leans toward the land of the setting sun. < as lemmas |
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