名词祖国,发源地
1. 祖国:mothball 卫生球 | mother country 祖国 | mother earth 大地
2. 祖国、发源地:motherboard(计算机的)主板; | mother country 祖国、发源地; | Mother Earth 大地;
3. 祖国; 故乡, 祖先居住的地方 发源地 (殖民地等的)母国:牐燣ow Countries 低地国家(荷兰比利时卢森堡的总称) | 牐爉other country 祖国;故乡,祖先居住的地方;发源地;(殖民地等的)母国 | 牐爐he old country 祖国;故乡,祖先居住的地方;发源地;(殖民地等的)母国
4. 母国:Host country 东道国 | Mother country母国 | Parent company母公司
1. 祖国
Someone''s mother country is the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else.
e.g. Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
2. (控制别国的)母国;宗主国
If you refer to the mother country of a particular state or country, you are referring to the very powerful country that used to control its affairs.
e.g. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。
noun
1. the country where you were born
Synonym: fatherlandhomelandmotherlandcountry of originnative land