Outback. 오스트랄리아의 오지. 고립된 시골 지역.
outback
: isolated rural country especially of Australia
Synonyms
backcountry
backland(s)
backwater
backwoods
bush
frontier
hinterland
outlands
up-country
Examples of outback in a Sentence
people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
Recent Examples on the Web
Flinders Food Co This rustic outback eatery has all the verve and style of an urban cafe.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
More than 540 million years ago, what is now South Australia’s outback was part of the continent’s thundering coastline.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
Like the other films, this one is set in the Australian outback, ravaged by apocalypse.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
The rock dating and magnetic analyses were elaborate, with fourteen weeks of sampling and camping in the Australian outback in 2013 and 2014, followed by years of lab work.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023
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Burke and Wills Expedition. First Explorers to attempt crossing Australia from South to North.
Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of outback was in 1893
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