Backwoods
['bækwʊdz] or ['bæk'wʊdz]
解释:
(n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
校对:贾斯廷
例句:
- It's all very well to say I'm wrong to go into the Church; but those who say so might as well tell me to go into the backwoods. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He was hot on the French social systems, and talked of going to the Backwoods to found a sort of Pythagorean community. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- One described it as an ungainly craft looking precisely like a backwoods sawmill mounted on a scow and set on fire. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
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