zone
英 [z??n]
美[zon]
- n. 地帶；地區(qū)；聯(lián)防
- vi. 分成區(qū)
- vt. 使分成地帶；環(huán)繞
- n. (Zone)人名；(塞)佐內(nèi)
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?zones;第三人稱單數(shù):?zones;過去式:?zoned;過去分詞:?zoned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?zoning;
中文詞源
zone 地區(qū)
來自拉丁語zone,地理分布帶，來自PIE*yos,帶子，腰帶，詞源同zoster.
英文詞源
- zone (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin zona "geographical belt, celestial zone," from Greek zone "a belt, the girdle worn by women at the hips," related to zonnynai "to gird," from PIE root *yos- "to gird" (cognates: Avestan yasta- "girt," Lithuanian juosiu "to gird," Old Church Slavonic po-jasu "girdle"). The 10c. Anglo-Saxon treatise on astronomy translates Latin quinque zonas as fyf gyrdlas.
Originally one of the five great divisions of the earth's surface (torrid, temperate, frigid; separated by tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and Arctic and Antarctic circles); meaning "any discrete region" is first recorded 1822. Zone defense in team sports is recorded from 1927. - zone (v.)
- 1760, "mark with zones," from zone (n.). Land use planning sense is from 1916. Related: Zoned; zoning.
雙語例句
- 1. The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.
- 設(shè)立了安全區(qū)以防止游擊隊(duì)員的滲入。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.
- 他們成了軍隊(duì)人員與平民雇員之間身份界定不清的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The area could be turned into a demilitarized zone.
- 該地區(qū)可能會(huì)成為非軍事區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Many people have stayed behind in the potential war zone.
- 許多人留在了可能會(huì)淪為交戰(zhàn)區(qū)的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The U.N. has declared it to be a safe zone.
- 聯(lián)合國已宣布它為安全區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句