outland

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any outlying area of a country; the provinces. especially,in-plural
动词 v.
  1. To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
形容词 adj.
  1. Provincial: from a province (of the same land). not-comparable
  2. Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land. not-comparable
    — These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us.
  3. Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate. not-comparable
    — Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.

词形变化

outlands plural outlands present,singular,third-person outlanding participle,present outlanded participle,past outlanded past

词汇关系

衍生词
outland Germans

词源

词源 1
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).
词源 2
From out- + land.
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