| 单词 | the midlands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Midlands a. The middle part of a country or region; the Midlands: the Midland counties of England (see sense A. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England wealdOE Oxon.c1439 the Stannaries1455 Midland1555 Home Counties1695 Islandshire1705 lakes1774 file1775 potteries1795 the Shires1796 Tyneside1824 lakeland1829 Lake District1835 lake country1842 Wessex1868 Shakespeare country1900 Geordieland1901 cherry country1902 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > central middle-landc1325 Midland1555 heartland1903 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 320 The three sayde prouinces occupy this mydlande of the worlde. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 213 Vpon the Mid-lands now th' industrious Muse doth fall. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1913 in Wks. (1640) III As if..a Gentleman of Northampton-shire, Warwick-shire, or the Mid-land, should fetch all his Illustrations to his countrey neighbours from shipping. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. ii. 15 If the Sea lie..lower generally than the shore, and much more than the mid-land. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 216 The mid Lands seem very mountainous. 1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 177 Leland wandered on the sea-coasts, and in the midland. 1856 W. B. Bernard Evil Genius i. 24 He know'd what a hoss was, and he know'd a dog too—warn't such a pack ever seed in the Midlands; and warn't he fond on 'em, too! There was a gentleman—never out of the kennel. 1898 Story of Midlands 10 The Midlands are rich in mineral wealth. 1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. x. 155 The Kimeridge Clay varies in thickness from 100 ft. in the Midlands to 1250 ft. in the Wealden bore near Hastings. 1952 Economist 27 Sept. 734/1 The West Midlands region, comprising the five counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, contains a high proportion of expanding industries. 1987 R. Godden Time to Dance (1989) 8 Those back-to-back, serried houses of the Midlands. < as lemmas |
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