单词 | community |
释义 | community (once / 76 pages) 1n 2n If a number of people consider themselves one group based on location, work, religion, nationality, or even activity, they can be called a community. If you like to play online games, you are active in the gamer community. The original meaning of Latin communitatem "a sense of fellowship" shifted to mean "a specific group of people with a common interest" during the Middle Ages. The modern English word community has both of these meanings available. Street festivals or school fairs can help to develop a sense of community in schools or neighborhoods. If you start a campaign to clean up the community, you want to make the area you live in more attractive. WORD FAMILYcommunity: communities+/communal: communalise, communalism, communalize, communally, community/communalize: communalized, communalizing USAGE EXAMPLES“There’s a tremendous amount of nervousness in the meteorology and climatology community,” Mass said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) To overcome those challenges, the new community plan focuses on the trolley line, particularly the Beyer Boulevard Station one stop north of the border. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) “Outside the Orthodox community, this is a foreign thing,” said Amir Gavarin, 22, a former floor hockey league player. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a group of people living in a particular local area the team is drawn from all parts of the community Exp|Hypo|Hyper Achomawi a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California Akwa'alaa community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California Incathe small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s Quechuaa community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire Xhosaa community of Negroid people in southern South Africa Zulua community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa AbkhasCircassian people living east of the Black Sea parish a local church community conventa community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together housethe members of a religious community living together Islam Nation, Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummahthe Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan speech communitypeople sharing a given language or dialect neighborhood, neighbourhoodpeople living near one another settlement, small town, villagea community of people smaller than a town crossroads, hamleta community of people smaller than a village hordea nomadic community Aleuta community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska Circassiana mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia hood(slang) a neighborhood streetpeople living or working on the same street moshava cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms Golden Hordea Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the 13th century assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place 2n a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper residential area, residential district Georgetown a section of northwestern Washington, D.C. Greenwich Villagea mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century Wimbledona suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts Clichy-la-Garennea northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century Orlya southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris Sun Citya residential suburb of Phoenix planned community a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents uptowna residential part of town away from the central commercial district suburb, suburban area, suburbiaa residential district located on the outskirts of a city exurbiaa residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia tenement districta residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses rabbit warren, warrenan overcrowded residential area retirement community, retirement complexa planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life additiona suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area bedroom communitya community where many commuters live faubourga New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city stockbroker belta wealthy residential suburb district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes 3n a group of nations having common interests they hoped to join the NATO community Hyper global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization an international alliance involving many different countries 4n (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper biotic community Great Arabian Desert a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia Arabian Deserta desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea Atacama Deserta desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits Great Australian Desertgeneral name given to all desert areas in Australia Black Rock Deserta desert in northwestern Nevada Chihuahuan Deserta desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Colorado Desertan arid region of southeastern California Great Salt Deserta salt desert in north central Iran Dasht-e-Luta desert in eastern Iran Death Valleya desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America Gibson Deserta desert area in western Australia Gila Deserta desert area in southern Arizona Gobi Deserta desert in central China Great Sandy Deserta desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert Great Victoria Deserta desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain Kalahari Deserta desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana Turkestan Deserta desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea Kizil Kuma desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Libyan Desertthe northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan Mohave Deserta desert area in southern California and western Arizona Namib Deserta desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean An Nafuda desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds Negev Deserta desert in southern Israel Nubian Desertan arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Painted Deserta desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona Patagonian Deserta semiarid region in southern South America Great Sandy Deserta desert in southern Saudi Arabia Sahara Desertthe world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa Simpson Deserta desert region of central Australia Sinai Deserta desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt Sonoran Deserta desert in southwestern Arizona Syrian Deserta desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia Taklamakan Deserta desert in western China Great Indian Deserta desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan Black Foresta hilly forest region in southwestern Germany Great Plains of North Americaa vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans Sherwood Forestan ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band Wildernessa wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War biome a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate desertarid land with little or no vegetation grasslandland where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life forest, timber, timberland, woodlandland that is covered with trees and shrubs group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit 1n common ownership they shared a community of possessions Hyper ownership the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others 2n agreement as to goals the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests Syn|Hyper community of interests accord, agreement harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters |
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