county

单词音标

county音标[\'kaunti]

汉语翻译

n. 县, 郡

词型变化

名词复数:counties

英语解释

名词 county:

a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

the largest administrative district within a state

例句

The county town is a hundred li or so away from here.

县城离这有百儿八十里。

Her jocund character made her the most popular girl in the county.

她快乐的个性使她成为这个郡*受欢迎的女孩。

He lives in a solitary county.

他住在一个偏远的县里。

详细解释

coun.ty

n.（名词）

【复数】 coun.ties 缩写 co,co.

An administrative subdivision of a state in the United States.

县：美国一州的行政分支

A territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions in Great Britain and Ireland.

郡：大不列颠和爱尔兰的行使行政、司法和政治功能的疆土分支

The territory under the jurisdiction of a count or earl.

伯爵领地：由伯爵或郡主管辖之下的土地

The people living in a county.

郡民，县民：居住在郡或县的人民

来源：

Middle English counte [territorial division]

中古英语 counte [疆域分支]

from Old French conte [the territory of a count]

源自 古法语 conte [郡主的辖区]

from Medieval Latin comit3tus

源自 中世纪拉丁语 comit3tus

from Late Latin [the office of count]

源自 后期拉丁语 [郡主的办公室]

from Latin [retinue]

源自 拉丁语 [随从，侍从]

from comes comit- [companion] * see ei-

源自 comes comit- [伙伴，同伴] *参见 ei-

【引伸】

coun.ty

adj.（形容词）