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country

/kuhn-tree/US // ˈkʌn tri //UK // (ˈkʌntrɪ) //

国家,乡村,国

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural coun·tries.

    • : a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
    • : the territory of a nation.
    • : 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.
    • : 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.: mountainous country; the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
    • : a tract of land considered apart from any geographical or political limits; region; district.
    • : the public.
    • : Law. the public at large, as represented by a jury.
    • : country music.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural: a winding country road.
    • : of, relating to, or associated with country music: That Nashville station plays country records all day long.
    • : rude; unpolished; rustic: country manners.
    • : of, from, or pertaining to a particular country.
    • : Obsolete. of one's own country.

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Examples

  • The Cuban government on May 8, 2019, detained this reporter for several hours at Havana’s José Martí International Airport after he tried to enter the country.

  • We have -- many of those countries are doing a phenomenal job.

  • The report says the HRC Foundation “proactively researched” the LGBTQ-related policies of more than 1,000 hospitals and health facilities across the country that did not participate in the 2020 survey.

  • In a new poll of 13 nations released Tuesday, a median of 15 percent of respondents said the United States had handled the pandemic well, while 85 percent said the country had responded poorly.

  • In light of the pandemic, several states across the country now temporarily allow patrons to carry out cocktails to enjoy at home.

  • In that country at that moment, the Catholics have practically disappeared.

  • Elsewhere, courts throughout the country have placed limits on speech this year.

  • “This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.

  • Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.

  • It marked a groundbreaking moment in how the country viewed Jews, especially Jewish women.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.

  • Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.

  • There are some folk in this country, you know, who manifest a very retiring disposition at times.

  • There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.

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