单词 | bistate |
释义 | bistate in British English (ˈbaɪˌsteɪt) adjective involving two states bistate in American English (ˈbaiˌsteit) adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or involving two states, esp. of the U.S. a bistate water commission 2. of, pertaining to, or involving the area where two states adjoin Three million people work in the bistate area Word origin [1915–20, Amer.; bi-1 + state]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, collage, decoder, feedback, supernationalismbi- is a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix bi- include: biceps, bilateral, bimodal, bivalent, bivalveExamples of 'bistate' in a sentence |
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