country是什么意思_country怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a politically organized body of people under a single government;"the state has elected a new president"
"African nations"
"students who had come to the nation"s capitol"
"the country"s largest manufacturer"
"an industrialized land"

the territory occupied by a nation;"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"

the people who live in a nation or country;"a statement that sums up the nation"s mood"
"the news was announced to the nation"
"the whole country worshipped him"

an area outside of cities and towns;"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);"it was a mountainous area"
"Bible country"

中英词源

country 国家，乡村

来自counter-, 相对，原指相对于他国而言的本国土地，即国家。后相对于城市而言的土地，即乡村。www.weNTIyi.CoM

country: country: [13] Etymologically, the meaning of country is virtually ‘surroundings’. It originated in medieval Latin contrātus ‘lying on the opposite side’, an adjective formed from the proposition contrā ‘against, opposite’. This was used in the phrase terra contrāta ‘land opposite or before one, spread out around one’, and soon broke free to act as a noun in its own right.

In Old French it became cuntree, the form in which it was borrowed into English. Its original notion of ‘area of land’ had quickly become narrowed down to ‘district controlled or occupied by a particular people’, hence ‘nation’, but its use for ‘rural areas as opposed to cities’ does not seem to have developed until the 16th century. The compound countryside originated in Scotland and northern England, probably in the 17th century.
country (n.): mid-13c., "district, native land," from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrata "(land) lying opposite," or "(land) spread before one," from Latin contra "opposite, against" (see contra-). Sense narrowed 1520s to rural areas, as opposed to cities. Replaced Old English land. As an adjective from late 14c. First record of country-and-western music style is from 1942. Country club first recorded 1886. Country mile "a long way" is from 1915, American English.

词态变化

复数 countries;

权威造句

1. Many areas in the country"sinterior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.: 该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。

2. The country"s economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.: 该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。

3. The rail strike is causing major disruptions at the country"s ports.: 铁路罢工使该国港口陷入了一片混乱。

4. It is hard to get hold of guns in this country.: 在这个国家里要搞到枪支是很困难的。

5. Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily contaminated with toxic wastes.: 全国的核武器工厂均受到了有毒废弃物的严重污染。

近反义词

nation

state

countryside

village

相似短语

The country 乡下

in the country 在乡下在这个国家

the country 乡下

this country 我们的国家（说话或写文章的人指其所在国）

country seat 乡间别墅

developing country 发展中国家

host country 东道国,主办国

backward country 落后国家，经济落后国家，经济落后国家

benefit country 受援国

deficit country 入超国，逆差国，逆差国家

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