单词 | warren |
释义 | warren1/ˈwɒr(ə)n![]() noun (also rabbit warren) 1A network of interconnecting rabbit burrows.Its interest is that within it survive all the elements of a medieval forest: great timber trees, coppice woods, pollards, scrub, grassland and fen, deer and cattle, and a rabbit warren....
1.1A densely populated or labyrinthine building or district: a warren of narrow gas-lit streets...
1.2British historical An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.They were also kept in warrens, enclosed areas of land in which they could feed and burrow, and from whence they were conveniently caught....
OriginLate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French variant of Old French garenne 'game park', of Gaulish origin. RhymesWarren2/ˈwôrən/ /ˈwär-![]() 1An industrial city in southeastern Michigan, north of Detroit; population 133,939 (est. 2008). 2An industrial city in northeastern Ohio, on the Mahoning River; population 43,789 (est. 2008). Warren3/ˈwôrən![]() American family of physicians. Joseph Warren (1741–75), a patriot active in the events leading up to the American Revolution, was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His brother John Warren (1753–1815) was a leading medical practitioner in New England and a surgeon in the American Revolution. John Collins Warren (1778–1856), the son of John Warren, helped to found Massachusetts General Hospital in 1811. |
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