| 释义 | the old country noun[ S ]
 uk /ˈəʊld ˌkʌn.tri/ us /ˈoʊld ˌkʌn.tri/
 the country that a person or a person's family originally came from: 故国;故乡
 Grandpa always talked about how it was different in the old country.爷爷总是说起故国有多么的不同。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
 birthright citizenship
 body politic
 BRICS
 citizen
 compatriot
 cross-national
 denaturalize
 domestic
 dual
 fatherland
 internationalism
 native
 naturalization
 naturalize
 non-country
 non-domestic
 non-indigenous
 non-national
 overseas
 stateless
 
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