nation 音标拼音: [n'eʃən]
n . 民族,国家
民族,国家
nation n 1 :
a politically organized body of people under a single government ; "
the state has elected a new president ";
"
African nations "; "
students who had come to the nation '
s capitol "; "
the country '
s largest manufacturer "; "
an industrialized land " [
synonym : {
state }, {
nation }, {
country },
{
land }, {
commonwealth }, {
res publica }, {
body politic }]
2 :
the people who live in a nation or country ; "
a statement that sums up the nation '
s mood "; "
the news was announced to the nation "; "
the whole country worshipped him " [
synonym : {
nation },
{
land }, {
country }]
3 :
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (
1846 -
1911 ) [
synonym : {
Nation },
{
Carry Nation }, {
Carry Amelia Moore Nation }]
4 :
a federation of tribes (
especially Native American tribes );
"
the Shawnee nation "
Nation \
Na "
tion \,
n . [
F .
nation ,
L .
natio nation ,
race ,
orig .,
a being born ,
fr .
natus ,
p .
p .
of nasci ,
to be born ,
for gnatus ,
gnasci ,
from the same root as E .
kin . [
root ]
44 .
See {
Kin }
kindred ,
and cf . {
Cognate }, {
Natal }, {
Native }.]
1 . (
Ethnol .)
A part ,
or division ,
of the people of the earth ,
distinguished from the rest by common descent ,
language ,
or institutions ;
a race ;
a stock .
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1913 Webster ]
All nations ,
and kindreds ,
and people ,
and tongues .
--
Rev .
vii .
9 .
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2 .
The body of inhabitants of a country ,
united under an independent government of their own .
[
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A nation is the unity of a people . --
Coleridge .
[
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Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation . --
F .
S .
Key .
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3 .
Family ;
lineage . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
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4 .
(
a )
One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity ,
formerly common in Europe .
(
b ) (
Scotch Universities )
One of the four divisions (
named from the parts of Scotland )
in which students were classified according to their nativity .
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5 .
A great number ;
a great deal ; --
by way of emphasis ;
as ,
a nation of herbs . --
Sterne .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Five nations }.
See under {
Five }.
{
Law of nations }.
See {
International law },
under {
International },
and {
Law }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
people ;
race .
See {
People }.
[
1913 Webster ]
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
nation ":
Everyman ,
John Doe ,
Public ,
ally ,
animal kingdom ,
archduchy ,
archdukedom ,
blood ,
body politic ,
breed ,
brood ,
buffer state ,
captive nation ,
chieftaincy ,
chieftainry ,
citizenry ,
city -
state ,
clan ,
class ,
colony ,
common man ,
commonweal ,
commonwealth ,
community ,
community at large ,
constituency ,
country ,
county ,
cultural community ,
culture ,
deme ,
domain ,
dominion ,
duchy ,
dukedom ,
dwellers ,
earldom ,
empery ,
empire ,
estate ,
ethnic group ,
everybody ,
everyman ,
everyone ,
everywoman ,
family ,
folk ,
folks ,
free city ,
general public ,
gens ,
gentry ,
grand duchy ,
habitancy ,
house ,
inhabitants ,
kind ,
kingdom ,
land ,
line ,
lineage ,
linguistic community ,
mandant ,
mandate ,
mandated territory ,
mandatee ,
mandatory ,
matriclan ,
men ,
nationality ,
order ,
patriclan ,
people ,
people at large ,
people in general ,
persons ,
phratry ,
phyle ,
plant kingdom ,
polis ,
polity ,
populace ,
population ,
possession ,
power ,
principality ,
principate ,
protectorate ,
province ,
public ,
puppet government ,
puppet regime ,
race ,
realm ,
republic ,
satellite ,
seneschalty ,
sept ,
settlement ,
society ,
sovereign nation ,
species ,
speech community ,
state ,
stem ,
stirps ,
stock ,
strain ,
sultanate ,
superpower ,
territory ,
toparchia ,
toparchy ,
totem ,
tribe ,
whole people ,
world ,
you and me
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