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motherland

/muhth-er-land/US // ˈmʌð ərˌlænd //UK // (ˈmʌðəˌlænd) //

祖国,祖国大陆,祖国母亲,母国

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one's native land.
    • : the land of one's ancestors.
    • : a country considered as the origin or source of something.

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Examples

  • Although they’ve lived in the United States for more than 40 years, the loss of their motherland will remain a tragedy in our family history.

  • I began by asking Elif about the Turkish government’s decision to withdraw from the treaty, and what it means for women’s rights in her motherland.

  • Instead, she lives under the close watch of the bowibu and is deployed by government propagandists to warn people of the hardship faced by those who leave the motherland.

  • Yanukovych has now been confirmed to be residing in his true motherland.

  • In the event, it only got a scene in the music video for “Putin Will Teach You To Love the Motherland.”

  • And added a sad smile: “ But Putin will teach them how to love the motherland.”

  • The activists had arrived in Sochi with the aim of performing a new song called “Putin will teach you how to love the motherland.”

  • Showalter commends but is under no illusions about the ordinary Russian defending his Motherland.

  • Their passionate devotion to their faith is only rivalled by their passionate devotion to the Motherland.

  • The inherent loyalty of the South American to the motherland forbade any such move at the time.

  • All the Dominions and Overseas possessions rallied to the Motherland with equal enthusiasm.

  • Are we traitors, you and I, because we love our old motherland too well, and hate the Wolves that have devoured our inheritance?

  • Redier , a French writer, illustrates this very clearly when he pleads that the interest of the motherland must be placed first.