An outlying, remote, or secluded part of a country or region, or of the world. Also figurative.
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| 释义 | 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 (22) nookc1480 An outlying, remote, or secluded part of a country or region, or of the world. Also figurative. out-country1639 outland1645 Originally and chiefly U.S. Usually in plural. The outlying lands of a province, district, or town. remoteness1694 A remote place, region, or part. backwoods1709 Wild, uncleared forest-land; e.g. that of North America. Also a remote and sparsely inhabited region. back county1775 A county lying in the inland part of a state. Also attributive. remote1838 A remote place or region. Frequently in plural. Obsolete. Mountains of the Moon1852 The type of a very remote place; further than one can imagine, the ends of the earth. nowhere1871 A remote or inaccessible place (frequently in the middle of nowhere). Also the (also a) road to nowhere: a remote place; (in later use) a situation… the sticks1899 slang (originally U.S.). the sticks: a remote, thinly populated, or rural area; the backwoods; the country. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, esp… way back1901 Usually with the. The Australian outback. Also in plural. downstate1905 A part of a state that is more southern or low-lying than another, or is more remote from a chief metropolitan centre, esp. the southern part of… back o' Bourke1918 Remote inland country; the ‘back of beyond’. far-back1926 The most remote districts or back settlements. woop woop1926 A jocular name for a remote rural town or district; also (without the and with capital initials) as the name of an imaginary place in a remote area. boohai?1946 A remote rural place or district; ‘the sticks’. Frequently in up the boohai: in a very remote or out of the way place; (figurative) completely… bundu1946 A remote rural region; the wilds; = the back of beyond at beyond, adv. prep.n. phrases 7. Also attributive. Dogpatch1946 (The type of) an unsophisticated, impoverished rural community. outback1954 In extended use: the remote inland regions of any country (usually with allusion to the Australian interior). Also figurative. toolies1961 With plural agreement. Backwoods; remote or thinly populated regions. upstate1965 An upstate region; a rural area. Watford1973 Used with allusion to the view attributed to Londoners that north of the metropolis there is nothing of any significance to English national or… |
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