| 单词 | the land of the free |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe land of the free b. the land of the free: the United States of America.Now used with allusion to the song The Star-spangled Banner (originally entitled The Defence of Fort M'Henry) by Francis Scott Key (1779–1849), which was adopted as the United States national anthem in 1931: see quot. 1814. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States states1776 United States1776 Yankee-land1803 God's own country1807 U.S.1834 Yankland1834 yankeedoodledom1845 Yankeedom1851 the land of the free1884 land of opportunity1948 U.S. of A.1973 1814 F. S. Key Def. Fort M'Henry 1 O! say does that star-spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the Land of the free, and the home of the brave? 1826 S. Woodworth Melodies, Duets, Trios, Songs, & Ballads 122 The hero who comes..To the land he defended, the land of the free. 1839 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 330 Since that time, Heaven has smiled incessantly on the land of the free. 1884 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Mar. 278/1 Even in ‘the land of the free’,..there was something about her that made Bridget stammer. 1945 B. Ruml Tomorrow's Business i. 3 In ordinary everyday affairs, human freedom has been taken for granted in the land of the free. 1955 W. S. Burroughs Let. 23 Oct. (1993) 294 Really I am dubious of the Land of the Free, not over-keen to walkabout long Stateside in those great boy-less spaces. 2003 Independent 25 Oct. (Review section) 7/1 All the Koreans and some Africans..are admitted to the Land of the Free. < as lemmas |
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