英语词汇“low country”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

low country

/ˈləʊ kʌntri/

noun

1Low-lying land; a region whose level is lower than that of the surrounding country.

2A low-lying region of north-western Europe, now comprising the kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Usually, and now only, in plural in the Low Countries.

Sometimes, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries, also extended to include parts of northern France (as Artois and French Flanders) and western Germany..

3 Scottish = lowland. Now rare.

4 United States regional. The coastal plain of the south-eastern United States, in Virginia, North Carolina, and (now usually) South Carolina and Georgia. Contrasted with up country.

adjective

1Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Low Countries; specifically designating wars fought in the Low Countries, especially the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) or the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14); (of a soldier) having served in these wars. Now chiefly historical.

2Of, from, or relating to low-lying land, especially the low-lying part of a particular region or country.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Book Marchalsi. From low + country, partly after Middle Dutch nederlant (Dutch nederland) low-lying land, the lower Rhine region and Middle Low German nēderlant, nedderlant low-lying land (especially the North Sea coastlands), north-western Germany, Lower Saxony.

单词	low country
释义	low country /ˈləʊ kʌntri/ noun 1Low-lying land; a region whose level is lower than that of the surrounding country. 2A low-lying region of north-western Europe, now comprising the kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Usually, and now only, in plural in the Low Countries. Sometimes, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries, also extended to include parts of northern France (as Artois and French Flanders) and western Germany.. 3 Scottish = lowland. Now rare. 4 United States regional. The coastal plain of the south-eastern United States, in Virginia, North Carolina, and (now usually) South Carolina and Georgia. Contrasted with up country. adjective 1Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Low Countries; specifically designating wars fought in the Low Countries, especially the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) or the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14); (of a soldier) having served in these wars. Now chiefly historical. 2Of, from, or relating to low-lying land, especially the low-lying part of a particular region or country. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Book Marchalsi. From low + country, partly after Middle Dutch nederlant (Dutch nederland) low-lying land, the lower Rhine region and Middle Low German nēderlant, nedderlant low-lying land (especially the North Sea coastlands), north-western Germany, Lower Saxony.
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