单词 | district |
释义 | district /dis"trikt/, n. 1. a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes. 2. a region or locality: the theater district; the Lake District. 3. Brit. a subdivision of a county or a town. 4. the District, the District of Columbia; Washington, D.C. v.t. 5. to divide into districts. [1605-15; ( < F) < ML districtus exercise of justice, (area of) jurisdiction, deriv. of L distringere to stretch out (see DISTRAIN), equiv. to di- DI-2 + strig- (base of stringere to bind, tie) + -tus suffix of verbal action] |
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