单词 | warren |
释义 | Word Frequency warren(ˈwɒrən) noun 1. a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live 2. a colony of rabbits 3. an overcrowded area or dwelling 4. a. mainly British an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren) b. English legal history a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way Word origin C14: from Anglo-French warenne, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German werien to preserveWord Frequency Warren 1(ˈwɒrən) noun a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop: 136 016 (2003 est) Word Frequency Warren 2(ˈwɒrən) noun 1. Earl. 1891–1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953–69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy 2. (John) Robin. born 1937, Australian pathologist who, with Barry Marshall, demonstrated that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005) |
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