单词 | ghetto |
释义 | ghetto n. & v. --n (pl. -os)   1. a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.   2. hist. the Jewish quarter in a city.   3. a segregated group or area. --vtr. (-oes, -oed) put or keep (people) in a ghetto. Phrases and idioms ghetto-blaster sl. a large portable radio, esp. used to play loud pop music. Etymology: perh. f. It. getto foundry (applied to the site of the first ghetto in Venice in 1516) |
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