词汇 | mother country |
释义 | mother country 1 ENTRIES FOUND: mother country (noun) mother country noun plural mother countries mother country noun plural mother countries Learner's definition of MOTHER COUNTRY [count] 1 : the country where people who live in a colony or former colony came from母国(殖民地或前殖民地移民的原籍国家) — usually singular通常用单数— usually used with the通常与the连用 The colonies rebelled against the mother country.各殖民地纷纷起来反抗母国。 2 : the country where you were born or where your family came from : motherland祖国 — usually singular通常用单数 Her books have sold better abroad than in her mother country.她的书在国外卖得比在国内好。 — often used with the常与the连用 an immigrant's nostalgia for the mother country移民的思念祖国之情 |
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