outland

n. 靠近边界之土地, 边境地区

词形变化

outlands 复数 outlands outlanded outlanding outlands 三单 outlanding 现在分词 outlanded 过去式 outlanded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

v.
  1. 1.

    To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

    政治 体育 军事
adj.
  1. 1.

    Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

  2. 2.

    Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

  3. 3.

    Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.

相关短语

outland Germans

词源

From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).

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