单词 | ghetto |
释义 | ghettoghetto /ˈgɛt̮oʊ/ ●○○ noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) [countable] 1a part of a city where people from a particular race or group, especially people who are poor, live separately from the rest of the people in the city. This word is sometimes considered offensive: Rap music began in the ghettos.2a part of a city where people who belonged to a particular race were forced to live by a government, especially in the past: the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw3an area or environment that is limited to a particular group of people: His office marked the edge of the executive ghetto. [Origin: 1600–1700 Italian] |
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