单词 | out-country |
释义 | out-countryadj. 1. Belonging or relating to another country; coming from another country.In quot. 1886, perhaps ‘out-of-county’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > in a country > not in a country out-country1886 1886 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 18 100 'Tis no good for an out-country man to marry an in-country she. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 151/2 He had a genius for out-country development and government that fell below Cecil Rhodes's mark only because of a few accidental differences. 1963 Times 6 Feb. 6/7 Cornwall..has agreed to give all technical assistance that is needed on payment by the Scillies of travelling and subsistence expenses, and to charge for the use of its educational and welfare institutions at the ‘in-country’ instead of the ‘out-country’ rate. 1979 Internat. Migration Rev. 13 599 One of the heaviest contributors to the flow of out-country migrants bound for the United States. 2. Associated with or suggestive of the country; rural. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adjective] fieldena1425 rustic?1440 citylessc1450 champestrea1492 rural?a1500 rustical1542 agrestc1550 predial1592 champestrial1612 agrestic1617 agrestical1623 agrested1650 upland1654 countrified1756 agrestian1812 country1827 mofussil1828 agrestial1840 landward1844 bucolic1846 out-country1939 land-bound1972 1939 R. Sale in Detective Fiction Weekly 1 Apr. 47/2 I guess you don't know how out-country editors kind of idolize the way you do things..on the New York end. 1943 Time 22 Feb. 53/2 With his clear, healthy, out-country look..baggy, tweedy clothes..Will White had strolled into his office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasout-country out-country n. Brit. /ˈaʊtˌkʌntri/ , U.S. /ˈaʊtˌkəntri/ ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xviii. 28 They had pasturage to feed their cattel in, in out-countreys beyond Palestine. 1960 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 26 535 If the feudal game fell flat in the out-country, in the budding cities of Quebec and Montreal it could be, and was, played with more vraisemblance. < adj.1886 as lemmas |
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