单词 | county |
释义 | Word Frequency county(ˈkaʊntɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. a. any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government b. (as modifier) county cricket 2. New Zealand an electoral division in a rural area 3. obsolete the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl adjective 4. British informal having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc Word origin C14: from Old French conté land belonging to a count, from Late Latin comitātus office of a count, from comes count2 |
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