英语词汇“precinct”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINprecinct

Origin:

1400-1500 Medieval Latin praecinctum, from Latin praecingere ‘to put a belt around’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

I think they should make the whole area a pedestrian precinct.
the 12th Precinct
the fourteenth precinct
The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city.
The suspect was taken to the 40th precinct in South Bronx.
They've got a lovely new Burton's open in the precinct now.
They wandered around the shopping precinct for an hour while Suzie was having her hair cut.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Fordice had 359,884 votes.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

All our needs were, as much as possible, attended to within the precincts of the town itself.
Buchanan also called on independents and Democrats to flood the precinct meetings Monday night.
James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month.
Safely over the other side of the gate and out of the farm precincts, he ran up the hill towards the quarry.
Service and favors, the staples of the precinct captain and his ward boss.
Some precinct captains have had more jobs than they can remember.
The cloth marks a threshold, the boundary between the outside and the inside of a temporarily sacred precinct.
The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct.

Longman Language Activatoran area in or around a town or city► area

an area in or around a town or city: area of: · The family lives in Roxbury, a working-class area of Boston.poor/rich area: · Raul grew up in a poor area of Buenos Aires.

► district

one of the areas that a town or city is officially divided into, or one of the areas of a town or city where a particular group of people live or a particular activity happens: district of: · Their apartment is in the Chongwen district of Peking.business/financial/historical etc district: · Blaine works in the financial district.

► neighbourhood

British /neighborhood American one of the parts of a town or city: · The Cranstons live in a very wealthy neighbourhood.neighbourhood of: · I grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Birmingham.in the neighbourhood/neighborhood: · Are there any good restaurants in the neighborhood?

► quarter

an area in a town or city that is lived in by people of a particular type or nationality: quarter of: · We rented a house in the Creole quarter of New Orleans.· The Dahdah palace is in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus.

► zone

part of a city that is officially divided from other parts because it is of a particular type: residential/commercial zone: · This is a residential zone -- no commercial buildings are allowed.pedestrian zone (=a zone where cars, motorcycles etc are not allowed): · Most of the town centre is now a pedestrian zone.

► block

especially American a group of buildings in a city, with four streets around it - often used as a way of talking about distances in the city: · She lived three blocks away from me when we were kids.· Many of the families on our block are Hispanic-Americans.

► suburb

an area away from the centre of a city, where people live, especially an area where there are houses with gardens: suburb of: · Amy teaches at a primary school in a suburb of Atlanta.the suburbs: · My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten.

► precinct

American an area in an American town or city that is officially divided from other parts and that has its own police department etc: · the fourteenth precinct· The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city.

a lot of shops together in one place► shopping centre

British /shopping center American an area in a town where there are a lot of shops that have all been built together in the same place: · The boy was found dead two days after he disappeared from a shopping centre.· They had a big Santa exhibition on at the shopping center.

► mall/shopping mall

especially American a very large building with lots of shops inside it, and often also cinemas, restaurants etc: · We'll probably go to the mall and check out the beds there.· It's difficult to get a parking space at Shepherd's Mall.

► strip mall

American a row of shops in one long building that has space to park cars around it: · Strip malls were springing up all over town, and the local residents were up in arms.

► precinct

British an area of a town where there are a lot of shops, especially one where vehicles are not allowed: · They've got a lovely new Burton's open in the precinct now.shopping precinct: · They wandered around the shopping precinct for an hour while Suzie was having her hair cut.pedestrian precinct: · I think they should make the whole area a pedestrian precinct.

► market

an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: · I bet you could have got that cheaper at the market.· You occasionally see eel in the fish market, but it's quite rare these days.farmer's market (=place where farmers can sell what they grow and other food): flea market (=place where old and used things are sold)

WORD SETS► Government

absolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► captain

· I got fifty-nine precinct captains and they all got assistants, and they all got good jobs.· Service and favors, the staples of the precinct captain and his ward boss.· Daley leaned heavily on his precinct captains, charging Kennelly with inactivity.· Some policemen worked as precinct captains.· More than six hundred polling-place workers and precinct captains were brought to trial.· Some precinct captains have had more jobs than they can remember.· Then later I went to another ward as a Democratic precinct captain, where they were having a tough election.· Out in the neighborhoods his precinct captains are reporting to the ward committeemen, and they in turn are reporting to him.

► pedestrian

· However, most cities now have some car-free space in the form of arcades, converted streets or purpose-built pedestrian precincts.· The Leeds pedestrian precinct and Centenary Square in Birmingham fail in several ways.· Beside and to the rear of it is a pedestrian precinct.

► shopping

· The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct.· The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling.· James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month.· For a modern, purpose-built resort it is surprisingly attractive, with its wood-clad buildings and cobbled shopping precincts.· They are usually found in town centres and shopping precincts.· The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years.· Many shopping precincts are also pedestrianised.· The security firm Chubb said yesterday that further copies of the document had been discovered in a West Country shopping precinct.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► shopping/pedestrian precinct

Continue through Headington shopping precinct until reaching Windmill Road traffic lights, turn right and continue until the roundabout.
For a modern, purpose-built resort it is surprisingly attractive, with its wood-clad buildings and cobbled shopping precincts.
However, most cities now have some car-free space in the form of arcades, converted streets or purpose-built pedestrian precincts.
James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month.
The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years.
The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling.
The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct.
They are usually found in town centres and shopping precincts.

► precincts

the precincts of the cathedral

单词	precinct
释义	precinctpre‧cinct /ˈpriːsɪŋkt/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINprecinct Origin: 1400-1500 Medieval Latin praecinctum, from Latin praecingere ‘to put a belt around’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I think they should make the whole area a pedestrian precinct. the 12th Precinct the fourteenth precinct The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city. The suspect was taken to the 40th precinct in South Bronx. They've got a lovely new Burton's open in the precinct now. They wandered around the shopping precinct for an hour while Suzie was having her hair cut. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Fordice had 359,884 votes. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All our needs were, as much as possible, attended to within the precincts of the town itself. Buchanan also called on independents and Democrats to flood the precinct meetings Monday night. James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month. Safely over the other side of the gate and out of the farm precincts, he ran up the hill towards the quarry. Service and favors, the staples of the precinct captain and his ward boss. Some precinct captains have had more jobs than they can remember. The cloth marks a threshold, the boundary between the outside and the inside of a temporarily sacred precinct. The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatoran area in or around a town or city► area an area in or around a town or city: area of: · The family lives in Roxbury, a working-class area of Boston.poor/rich area: · Raul grew up in a poor area of Buenos Aires. ► district one of the areas that a town or city is officially divided into, or one of the areas of a town or city where a particular group of people live or a particular activity happens: district of: · Their apartment is in the Chongwen district of Peking.business/financial/historical etc district: · Blaine works in the financial district. ► neighbourhood British /neighborhood American one of the parts of a town or city: · The Cranstons live in a very wealthy neighbourhood.neighbourhood of: · I grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Birmingham.in the neighbourhood/neighborhood: · Are there any good restaurants in the neighborhood? ► quarter an area in a town or city that is lived in by people of a particular type or nationality: quarter of: · We rented a house in the Creole quarter of New Orleans.· The Dahdah palace is in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus. ► zone part of a city that is officially divided from other parts because it is of a particular type: residential/commercial zone: · This is a residential zone -- no commercial buildings are allowed.pedestrian zone (=a zone where cars, motorcycles etc are not allowed): · Most of the town centre is now a pedestrian zone. ► block especially American a group of buildings in a city, with four streets around it - often used as a way of talking about distances in the city: · She lived three blocks away from me when we were kids.· Many of the families on our block are Hispanic-Americans. ► suburb an area away from the centre of a city, where people live, especially an area where there are houses with gardens: suburb of: · Amy teaches at a primary school in a suburb of Atlanta.the suburbs: · My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten. ► precinct American an area in an American town or city that is officially divided from other parts and that has its own police department etc: · the fourteenth precinct· The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city. a lot of shops together in one place► shopping centre British /shopping center American an area in a town where there are a lot of shops that have all been built together in the same place: · The boy was found dead two days after he disappeared from a shopping centre.· They had a big Santa exhibition on at the shopping center. ► mall/shopping mall especially American a very large building with lots of shops inside it, and often also cinemas, restaurants etc: · We'll probably go to the mall and check out the beds there.· It's difficult to get a parking space at Shepherd's Mall. ► strip mall American a row of shops in one long building that has space to park cars around it: · Strip malls were springing up all over town, and the local residents were up in arms. ► precinct British an area of a town where there are a lot of shops, especially one where vehicles are not allowed: · They've got a lovely new Burton's open in the precinct now.shopping precinct: · They wandered around the shopping precinct for an hour while Suzie was having her hair cut.pedestrian precinct: · I think they should make the whole area a pedestrian precinct. ► market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: · I bet you could have got that cheaper at the market.· You occasionally see eel in the fish market, but it's quite rare these days.farmer's market (=place where farmers can sell what they grow and other food): flea market (=place where old and used things are sold) WORD SETS► Government absolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► captain · I got fifty-nine precinct captains and they all got assistants, and they all got good jobs.· Service and favors, the staples of the precinct captain and his ward boss.· Daley leaned heavily on his precinct captains, charging Kennelly with inactivity.· Some policemen worked as precinct captains.· More than six hundred polling-place workers and precinct captains were brought to trial.· Some precinct captains have had more jobs than they can remember.· Then later I went to another ward as a Democratic precinct captain, where they were having a tough election.· Out in the neighborhoods his precinct captains are reporting to the ward committeemen, and they in turn are reporting to him. ► pedestrian · However, most cities now have some car-free space in the form of arcades, converted streets or purpose-built pedestrian precincts.· The Leeds pedestrian precinct and Centenary Square in Birmingham fail in several ways.· Beside and to the rear of it is a pedestrian precinct. ► shopping · The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct.· The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling.· James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month.· For a modern, purpose-built resort it is surprisingly attractive, with its wood-clad buildings and cobbled shopping precincts.· They are usually found in town centres and shopping precincts.· The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years.· Many shopping precincts are also pedestrianised.· The security firm Chubb said yesterday that further copies of the document had been discovered in a West Country shopping precinct. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► shopping/pedestrian precinct Continue through Headington shopping precinct until reaching Windmill Road traffic lights, turn right and continue until the roundabout. For a modern, purpose-built resort it is surprisingly attractive, with its wood-clad buildings and cobbled shopping precincts. However, most cities now have some car-free space in the form of arcades, converted streets or purpose-built pedestrian precincts. James was found dead beside a railway line in Liverpool after disappearing from a shopping precinct in Bootle last month. The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years. The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling. The two-year-old disappeared 11 days ago from Bootle's Strand shopping precinct. They are usually found in town centres and shopping precincts. ► precincts the precincts of the cathedral 1[countable] shopping/pedestrian precinct British English an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed2[countable] American English one of the areas that a town or city is divided into, so that elections or police work can be organized more easily3[countable] American English the main police station in a particular area of a town or city4precincts [plural] the area that surrounds an important building: the precincts of the cathedral
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