backwoods 的意思
偏远地区; 荒野; 林区
backwoods 的词源
backwoods(n.)
“位于偏远地区的林地或部分未开垦、未定居的地区”,这个词最早出现在1709年,属于北美英语。可以参考 back(形容词)和 wood(名词),后者在这里指“森林覆盖的区域”。作为形容词使用则始于1784年。
BACKWOODSMEN. ... This word is commonly used as a term of reproach (and that, only in a familiar style,) to designate those people, who, being at a distance from the sea and entirely agricultural, are considered as either hostile or indifferent to the interests of the commercial states. [John Pickering, "A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America," Boston, 1816]
BACKWOODSMEN(边远地区的人们)……这个词通常被用作贬义词(主要在非正式场合),用来指那些远离海洋、完全依赖农业的人们。他们被认为对商业州的利益要么敌对,要么漠不关心。[约翰·皮克林,《词汇表,或被认为是美国特有的词语和短语的集合》,波士顿,1816年]
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