country
/ˈkʌntrɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory国; 国家：
the country's increasingly precarious economic position
该国越来越不稳定的经济地位。
1.1
the country
the people of a nation国民; 人民; 民众：the whole country took to the streets.
全国人民走上街头。
1.2
- the land of a person's birth or citizenship祖国; 故土; 国土：
both my native and adopted countries are at war with yours.
生我和养我的国家都在和你的国家交战。
2
- （常作 the country）districts and small settlements outside large towns, cities, or the capital乡村; 乡下：
the airfield is right out in the country
飞机场在城外的乡村
as modifier a country lane乡村小路。
3
- mass noun an area or region with regard to its physical features（按地理特点划分的）地区; 区域：
a tract of wild country
一片荒凉的地方。
3.1
- a region associated with a particular person, especially a writer, or with a particular work（与某人, 尤其是某作家或某作品相关的）地区; 区域：
an old mansion in Stevenson's 'Kidnapped' country
史蒂文森的《诱拐》中的乡间旧宅。
4
- short for COUNTRY MUSIC.COUNTRY MUSIC的简称。
短语
across country
- not keeping to roads不沿着大路; 穿过田野：
their route was across country, through fields of corn.
他们没走大路, 是穿过玉米地走的。
go（或 appeal） to the country
- Brit. test public opinion by dissolving Parliament and holding a general election〈英〉（解散议会）举行普选。
line of country
- Brit. a subject in which a person is skilled or knowledgeable〈英〉精通的领域。
词源
Middle English: from Old French cuntree, from medieval Latin contrata （terra） '(land) lying opposite', from Latin contra 'against, opposite'.