| 单词 | zone |
| 释义 | zone n. & v. --n 1. an area having particular features, properties, purpose, or use (danger zone; erogenous zone; smokeless zone). 2. any well-defined region of more or less beltlike form. 3. a an area between two exact or approximate concentric circles. b a part of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two parallel planes, or of a cone or cylinder etc., between such planes cutting it perpendicularly to the axis. 4. (in full time zone) a range of longitudes where a common standard time is used. 5. Geol. etc. a range between specified limits of depth, height, etc., esp. a section of strata distinguished by characteristic fossils. 6. Geog. any of five divisions of the earth bounded by circles parallel to the equator (see FRIGID, TEMPERATE, TORRID). 7. an encircling band or stripe distinguishable in colour, texture, or character from the rest of the object encircled. 8. archaic a belt or girdle worn round the body. --vtr. 1. encircle as or with a zone. 2. arrange or distribute by zones. 3. assign as or to a particular area. Derivatives zonal adj. zoning n. (in sense 3 of v.). Etymology: F zone or L zona girdle f. Gk zone |
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