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The outback is the huge, settled countryside of Australia, far from the big cities. Think red earth, long empty roads, small towns, farms, and a lot of sky. Australians say "the outback" — usually with "the." It can also sit in front of a noun: outback towns, outback life. It is not just any countryside. Britain has countryside; it does not have an outback. The word carries a feeling of remoteness, and of Australia in particular. Tourists use it; Australians use it too, sometimes with pride, sometimes with a joke about how far away everything is.
澳洲內陸、澳洲內地(遠離城市、人很少的廣大鄉野;通常說 the outback)
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outbacknoun/ˈaʊtbæk/
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The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
- 1951 June, W. J. Banks, Flying Doctors of the Outback, The Rotarian, page 23, Communication like this is making a big change in the lives of Australia′s “outback” people.
- In the outback, many people live and work on sheep and cattle ranches.
outbackadj/ˈaʊtbæk/
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Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
- […]the Civil Service Association is not particularly happy with the decision of the Government in regard to rents and the way they will be levied on its members in the more outback country areas.
- In the Northern Territory, arguably the most outback of Australian states, police are still not armed.
outbackadv/ˈaʊtbæk/
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To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
- If we want this country to develop, we have to depend on men who are prepared to go outback and try to discover new shows.
- This has allowed Australians really to go outback in some reasonable comfort to see the attractions of this country.
outbackverb/ˈaʊtbæk/
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To travel or stay in the outback
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。