"one's native country," 1620s, from father (n.) + land (n.). In modern use often a loan-translation of German Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of Latin patria (terra), literally "father's land." Similar formation in Dutch vaderland, Danish f?dreland, Swedish f?dernesland. Late Old English/Middle English f?derland (c. 1100) meant "parental land, inheritance."
雙語例句
1. They were willing to serve the fatherland in its hour of need.
他們愿意在祖國需要的時候為她效力。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They were doing everything they could to help the fatherland.
他們盡其所能資助他們的祖國.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. By 1945 that cancer had metastasized all through the Fatherland.
到了一九四五年,即癌癥已經擴散到了祖國各地.
來自辭典例句
4. In the past we had no fatherland, nor could we have had one.
過去我們沒有祖國, 也不可能有個祖國.
來自演講部分
5. Do you want our socialist fatherland to be beaten and to lose its independence?