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country
[ kuhn-tree ]
noun
- a state or nation:
What European countries have you visited?
- the territory of a nation:
The country is about 150 miles long.
- the people of a district, state, or nation:
The whole country backed the president in his decision.
- the land of one's birth or citizenship:
Do I need to return to my country to apply for a student visa?
- the country, rural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns:
Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country.
- any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.:
The mountainous country around here is beautiful.
The book takes place in the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
- land considered apart from any geographical or political limits:
This urban population is packed into a relatively small patch of country.
- Law. the public at large, as represented by a jury.
adjective
- of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural:
They lived on a winding country road.
- of, relating to, or associated with country music:
That Nashville station plays country records all day long.
- rude; unpolished; rustic:
He was scorned for his country manners.
- of, from, or relating to a particular nation or area; national:
Each team will display their country flag during the opening ceremony.
- Obsolete. of one's own country.
country
/ 藞办蕦苍迟谤瑟 /
noun
- a territory distinguished by its people, culture, language, geography, etc
- an area of land distinguished by its political autonomy; state
- the people of a territory or state
the whole country rebelled
- an area associated with a particular person
Burns country
- pastoralrural
- the part of the land that is away from cities or industrial areas; rural districts
- ( as modifier )
country cottage
- ( in combination )
a countryman
- short for country music
- archaic.a particular locality or district
- up countryaway from the coast or the capital
- one's native land or nation of citizenship
- the country informal.the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
- modifier rough; uncouth; rustic
country manners
- across countrynot keeping to roads, etc
- go to the country or appeal to the countryto dissolve Parliament and hold an election
- unknown countryan unfamiliar topic, place, matter, etc
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 颈苍路迟别谤路肠辞耻苍路迟谤测 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of country1
Idioms and Phrases
- go to the country, British. to dissolve a Parliament and call for an election after members have cast a majority vote expressing a lack of confidence in the prime minister and cabinet. Also appeal to the country. vote of no confidence ( def ).
- put oneself upon the / one's country, Law. to present one's cause formally before a jury.
Example Sentences
Burnett selected his film鈥檚 songs with care, curating a fittingly soulful counterpoint to his critical portrait of inequality 鈥 not just in L.A. but in the country as a whole.
Ukraine's incursion was launched last August as an attempt to create a buffer zone on the border between the two countries that would prevent Russian forces from being deployed on Ukraine's eastern front line.
Calm heads in government say it was always going to be thus because of the state of the country when they took over.
However, freedom of the press is a byproduct of the framers鈥 desire to see democracy in this country survive.
Some countries, including Canada and China, have retaliated by imposing their own tariffs on American goods, putting California businesses 鈥 including farmers in the Central Valley and workers in Hollywood 鈥 on high alert.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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