racy of the soil

短语

质朴的, 活泼的, 辛辣的

词形变化

more racy of the soil 比较级 most racy of the soil 最高级

别名

racy of one's soil

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Deeply connected to a place, especially Ireland; indigenous.

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  2. 2.

    Deeply connected to the land; rural or rustic; earthy.

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    In the hedge: ... purple loose-strife. (That our young maid's long purples call and literal shepherds give a grosser name. So racy of the soil!)

词源

See racy senses 2 and 3. Popularised in Ireland in the slogan of The Nation (1842–1900) — "To create and foster public opinion in Ireland, and to make it racy of the soil" — adapted from a remark by Stephen Woulfe on the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. Similar earlier phrases were used by William Drennan in Letters of Orellana in 1785, and by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1831.

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