单词 | red country |
释义 | > as lemmasred country red country n. land consisting of large tracts of red earth or sand, esp. in Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > sandy sandsa1547 red country1714 1714 Atlas Geographus IV. x. 371/2 Here he says the Coast turns like a Bow, and that the S. Side faces a Red Country, so called from the Colour of the Rocks which are about it. 1861 J. Petherick Egypt, Soudan & Central Afr. 267 He marched to its western confines, near Farsha, in Dar Hamr, or the Red Country, so called from the tint of its soil. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad viii. 60 You will see the great ‘Red Country’ of the West Darling in the big seven years' drought of 1897–1903. 2000 Land (N. Richmond, New S. Wales) 1 June (Trader section) 31/1 (advt.) Mainly soft red country with natural timbers of bimble box, bloodwood, whitewood and ironwood. < as lemmas |
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