英语词汇“to live off the land”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P17. to live off the land (also the country): to sustain oneself by gathering or subsistence farming; spec. to take food supplies from the surrounding area, esp. without payment.

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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > seek or acquire food > from the land or countryside

to live off the land (also the country)1865

1865 U.S. Service Mag. Feb. 182 General Sherman has broken loose from his base of supplies, and, it is said, has given liberty to live off the country.

1884 Cent. Mag. Feb. 503/1 In his marches he had been obliged to live, to a great extent, off the country.

1913 H. Footner Jack Chanty 68 The Indians..live off the land during the summer.

1934 Discovery Mar. 63/1 It is possible to ‘live off the land’ to an extent never dreamed of by earlier explorers.

1949 Milwaukie (Oregon) Rev. 4 Aug. 1/4 The main cause for the Communist army success was the fact that it was well fed, living off the country as it marched through China.

1966 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Jan. 25/3 Eskimos in the area [sc. Boothia Peninsula] live off the land.

1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) iii. ii. 189 Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov..let his troops live off the land.

单词	to live off the land
释义	> as lemmas to live off the land (also the country) P17. to live off the land (also the country): to sustain oneself by gathering or subsistence farming; spec. to take food supplies from the surrounding area, esp. without payment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > seek or acquire food > from the land or countryside to live off the land (also the country)1865 1865 U.S. Service Mag. Feb. 182 General Sherman has broken loose from his base of supplies, and, it is said, has given liberty to live off the country. 1884 Cent. Mag. Feb. 503/1 In his marches he had been obliged to live, to a great extent, off the country. 1913 H. Footner Jack Chanty 68 The Indians..live off the land during the summer. 1934 Discovery Mar. 63/1 It is possible to ‘live off the land’ to an extent never dreamed of by earlier explorers. 1949 Milwaukie (Oregon) Rev. 4 Aug. 1/4 The main cause for the Communist army success was the fact that it was well fed, living off the country as it marched through China. 1966 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Jan. 25/3 Eskimos in the area [sc. Boothia Peninsula] live off the land. 1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) iii. ii. 189 Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov..let his troops live off the land. extracted from livev.¹ < as lemmas
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