| 单词 | natural area |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural area natural area n. a geographical area the distinguishing characteristics of which have arisen naturally and without planning. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > [noun] countryc1300 countrysidec1450 world1551 natural area1917 1905 Econ. Jrnl. 15 13 The National Telephone Company has mapped out the whole country into natural telephone areas, without regard to municipal boundaries.] 1917 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 394 The factors involved in the settlement and growth of the six natural areas of settlement in the lower peninsular. 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 339 It is more likely that census tracts near the central business districts of Philadelphia would conform more closely to natural areas than in West Philadelphia. 1993 Jrnl. Sustainable Tourism 1 26 The most common criteria used to assess natural areas include ecological, or abiotic and biotic ones such as diversity, rarity, size, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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