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n.县,郡

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county


/'kaʊntɪ; `kauntɪ/
n
1 administrative division of Britain, the largest unit of local government 郡(英国最大的地方行政区)
*the county of Kent
* [attrib 作定语] a county boundary, councillor 郡的边界线、郡政务委员会委员
* county cricket 郡际板球赛. Cf 参看 province 1, state1 3.
2 (in US and other countries) subdivision of a state (美国及其他国家的)县(州以下的行政区).

adj (Brit infml sometimes derog 口, 有时作贬义) having the life-style and habits of English upper-class landowners (eg fond of foxhunting) 有英国大地主生活方式和习惯的(如爱好猎狐); 有郡中豪绅习气的
*She's awfully county. 她十足地主派头.
* He belongs to the county set, ie people having this life-style. 他属于郡中豪绅阶层.

county


npluralcounties[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: conté 'area ruled by a count', from Medieval Latin comitatus, from Latin comes; COUNT2]
an area of a state or country that has its own government to deal with local matters
 Fairfax County, Virginia
1. The soil in that county is very poor.
    那个县的土壤十分贫瘠。

2. The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County Hospital.
    故事开始于布鲁克林闹市区的一条街的拐角处。有个老汉在穿马路时晕倒在地,一辆救护车把他急送到金斯县医院。

3. He had been bought off that ship by one John Waller, who had a plantation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    他被一个名叫约翰·沃勒的人从船上买了下来。约翰·沃勒在弗吉尼亚的斯波特锡尔维尼亚县有一个种植园。

4. It was dusk when the young Marine walked into the entrance lobby of Kings County Hospital.
    当年轻的海军战士走进金斯县医院的入口大厅时,天已黄昏。

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