单词 | green belt |
释义 | green beltn. 1. a. A strip of vegetation in an otherwise barren or plantless area. ΚΠ 1809 Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India I. vi. 265 From Hambangtotte there is some appearance of cultivation, and a beautiful green belt skirts the sea. 1899 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 20 30 She apparently leaves a trace above ground in the verdure over her supposed course; probably indicated by a green belt in the desert. 1956 Life May 102/2 The whole center, with its 11 miles of roads and 85 acres of parking lots, will be enclosed in a green belt of forest trees. 2004 W. Harmless Desert Christians 7 The valley..is a fertile green belt in an otherwise desolate land. b. An area of land in which trees are cultivated to protect against environmental problems such as desertification and soil erosion. Green Belt Movement n. an organization established in Kenya in 1977 to promote afforestation efforts. ΚΠ 1975 MERIP Rep. 35 24/2 A similar crash campaign is being implemented to build..a green belt of trees across the southern-most belt of Algerian mountains to stop erosion and the encroachment of the Sahara. 1983 BBC Summary of World Broadcasts (Nexis) 12 Apr. The Minister commended the Kenya women and particularly the Green Belt Movement for its afforestation programme throughout the country. 1990 Sciences Mar.–Apr. 16/1 One plan under consideration calls for planting a green belt, or thin strip of trees, across the Sahel, a broad band of arid but vegetated terrain spanning more than 2,000 miles. 1992 Unesco Courier Mar. 23/1 The campaign is being waged by the Green Belt Movement,..a grassroots struggle against desertification, deforestation, soil loss and fuelwood scarcity. 2000 E. Boulding Cultures of Peace 209 The women of each village plant a community woodland of at least 1,000 trees, a green belt. 2. A green space bordering a road, plaza, etc., planted with trees and set aside for walking and other forms of recreation. ΚΠ 1857 Ohio Farmer 11 Apr. 58/4 Canal street, otherwise called Ceinture de Verd, or the Green Belt, has two carriage tracks, with a broad grass plat between, thickly planted with trees.] 1888 O. Hill in 19th Cent. Feb. 185 Might it not also be possible to secure sometimes a green belt to a road newly cut across the country, plant it with trees, and make of it a walking and riding way? 1908 J. S. Nettlefold Pract. Housing vii. 69 Vienna is now purchasing another belt of land..with a view to making a second green belt and ‘ring’ street combined, for the sake of the health of the city and the convenience of its people. 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 16 Jan. 16 Its wide-terraced entry plaza, including a green belt with live oaks and sculptures. 2001 G. Binder Tall Buildings Asia & Austral. 30 With its eyecatching water feature, it has emerged as an active component of the green belt along Maxwell Road and Capital Tower. 3. Chiefly British. An officially designated belt of open countryside surrounding a town or city, designed to check its further growth by severely restricting building and other development work. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development > area subject to specific restrictions white land1677 zone1909 green belt1921 conservation area1925 1921 Times 22 Mar. 11/7 The urgent need of a green belt being preserved round London. 1937 Discovery Nov. 328/2 To draw the attention of the cities and towns of England to the need for safeguarding the country in their immediate vicinity by means of the establishment of green belts. 1961 E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iii. 34 Green belts have at least three specific functions: to prevent the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas; to provide areas of unspoilt country~side wherein people from the towns can find recreation and enjoyment; and to provide for the continued use of farmland, woodland, heath and common land. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Oct. 1/3 The parkway belt boundary ran through the Duke property, putting most of it in the greenbelt, but leaving a small portion outside. However, the parkway restrictions on most of it would have blocked the residential development plans shown to town planners. 2006 Build It May 139/1 (advt.) The site currently lies within the green belt and within a designated area of great landscape value. 4. Martial Arts. A belt (see belt n.1 2c) worn by a person who has attained a certain degree of proficiency (usually moderate), esp. in judo or karate; the rank represented by this belt. Also: a person of this rank. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > belt belt1911 black belt1911 brown belt1937 red belt1937 green belt1940 yellow belt?1942 1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 24 Nov. 5/2 The Judo club, now in its fourth year of study of ju-jitsu, has conducted its first ‘promotion exercises’ with three of the members receiving green belts. 1959 Pop. Mech. July 216/2 Students progress in karate skills in a series of belts—the white belt upon entering, the green belt after facing one opponent at the Institute,..brown for facing five opponents and black for more than five. 1970 Black Belt July 12/2 Miss Birmingham is a green belt in karate. 1995 B. Gutman Karate ii. 14 You have to pass as many as five tests to a earn a green belt, and as many as nine tests to earn the brown belt. 2005 T. Schwegel Officer Down (2006) 245 I'm a green belt. Kung fu. Compounds General attributive (in sense 3). ΚΠ 1937 Daily Herald 15 Jan. (headline) Green belt maps televised. 1958 Listener 19 June 1022/3 Parking facilities in the ‘green belt’ areas. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 2/1 Mr Page, Minister for Local Government and Development, is working on a scheme for extending green-belt policy so that it becomes..a more general protection of the countryside. 1996 Variety 19 Feb. 43/1 The $340 million project still needs to go through a public inquiry to get planning permission because it involves building on ‘green-belt’ land which is currently protected from industrial development. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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