countryman
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++coun·try·man /ˈkʌntrimən/ noun (plural countrymen /-mən/) [countable] 1 somebody’s countryman someone from your own country 同胞;同乡 SYN compatriot It was two years since I’d seen any fellow countrymen. 我已有两年没看到过自己的同胞了。2. COUNTRYSIDE British English a man who lives in the country rather than in a town or city 乡下人
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countryman• He didn't look like a farmer, yet he looked a countryman.• For generations the Sandovals, like millions of their fellow countrymen, had suffered from grinding poverty and deprivation.• Either Mrs David has had an enormous impact on her countrymen or a major paradigm shift has occurred.• President Pascal-Trouillot went on national television to urge her countrymen to vote.• But his countrymen did not treat his illness as a joke.• My countrymen haven't learned to cherish the old, we are too quick to tear old buildings down.• It seems fair to assume that she will attract the attention of a goodly number of our countrymen.• It dropped beyond Strath Bunker, once the haven of his storm-tossed countrymen, but speared the accompanying Hill Bunker.coun·try·man nounChineseSyllable
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countryman
coun‧try‧man /ˈkʌntrimən/
noun (plural countrymen /-mən/) [countable]
1. sb’s countryman someone from your own country
SYN compatriot:
It was two years since I’d seen any fellow countrymen.
2. British English a man who lives in the country rather than in a town or city
coun‧try‧man /ˈkʌntrimən/
noun (plural countrymen /-mən/) [countable]1. sb’s countryman someone from your own country
SYN compatriot:
2. British English a man who lives in the country rather than in a town or city