单词 | Little England |
释义 | Little England/ˌlɪtl ˈɪŋɡlənd/noun 1(A name given to) a place considered to resemble or epitomize England on a small scale; a ‘colony’ or microcosm of England; a foreign place full of English people. 2Specifically. The English-speaking area of Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. More fully Little England beyond Wales. 3The island of Barbados in the Caribbean, which became a British colony in the 1630s and remained British until 1966. 4Chiefly depreciative. The inward-looking England supposedly advocated by Little Englanders.
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in William Harrison (1535–1593), historian and topographer. From little + the name of England. |
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