outback

B2 FREQ #25649

n. 内地 a. 内地的 adv. 在内地

发音

US /ˈaʊtbæk/
AU

词形变化

outbacks 复数 outbacks outbacked outbacking outbacks 三单 outbacking 现在分词 outbacked 过去式 outbacked 过去分词 more outback 比较级 most outback 最高级

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

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    1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people.

v.
  1. 1.

    To travel or stay in the outback

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

    2008, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, Easyread Large Edition, page 135, We had a frosty meeting and he took me around to the AML&F Co′s staff officer, requesting a jackaroo position for me on the company′s most outback station in Queensland.

adv.
  1. 1.

    To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

bush
形容词

同义词 1

remote

近义相关 2

inaccessible unaccessible

词源

From out + back.

来源：wiktionary