单词 | interborough |
释义 | interborough in British English (ˌɪntəˈbʌrə) adjective occurring between, or situated between, boroughs All surplus revenues at the MTA's current roster of interborough bridges must besplit almost evenly between the city Transit Authority, Metro-North and the Long IslandRail Road. interborough in American English (ˈintərˌbɜːrou, -ˌbʌrou) adjective 1. between boroughs 2. of, pertaining to, or located in two or more boroughs noun 3. a transportation system operating between boroughs Word origin [1900–05; inter- + borough]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, decompression, geopolitics, internshipinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental) |
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