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countries 音标拼音: [k'ʌntriz] n. 国家 国家 Country \ Coun" try\ ( k? n" tr?), n.; pl. { Countries} (- tr? z). [ F. contr[' e] e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. { Counter}, adv., { Contra}.] 1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; ( as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one' s birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. [ 1913 Webster] Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. -- Gen. xxxxii. 9. [ 1913 Webster] I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. -- Stirling. [ 1913 Webster] Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. [ 1913 Webster] As they walked, on their way into the country. -- Mark xvi. 12 ( Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster] God made the covatry, and man made the town. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: ( a) One' s constituents. ( b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country. [ 1913 Webster] All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) ( a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. ( b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. [ 1913 Webster] { Conclusion to the country}. See under { Conclusion}. { To put one' s self upon the country}, or { To throw one' s self upon the country}, to appeal to one' s constituents; to stand trial before a jury. [ 1913 Webster]
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