| 词汇 | the old country |
| 释义 | the old countrythe old country especially American EnglishAmESANCOUNTRY/NATION the country that you were born in, but that you no longer live in, used especially to mean Europe 〔移民等的〕祖国，故国〔尤指欧洲国家〕 Examples from the Corpus the old country• A change of citizenship did not of course imply a divorce from the old country.• I remember hearing stories in my childhood about how women like that were stoned to death in the old country.• Real yearning for the old country.• They were very religious people that come over here from the old country.• It is one of the oldest country houses in Northamptonshire.• So what if Uncle Cedric escaped from the Old Country one step ahead of the law?• In the Old Country people developed a special taste for TSHUHlnt, since it was different from ordinary cooked meals.• If Kevin wanted a root in the old country, then this, she decided, must be it. → the old country at old(14) |
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