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单词 county
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countynoun [ C ]

uk/ˈkaʊn.ti/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/written abbreviation Co.

B2 a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government, or the largest political division of a state in the US:

County Antrim
A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas that surround them.
Rutland is the smallest county in England.
Texas is divided into 254 counties.

More examples

  • Binns was a dab hand at cricket and played for his county in his youth.
  • Our school won the county football shield this year.
  • The county Board of Education has decided to cancel high school gymnastics and golf programs.
  • Bounded on the east by Lake Winnebago, the county is traversed by the Wolf and Fox rivers.
  • Judge Davis upheld the county court's decision.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

UK politics: local government & politics

  • alderman
  • authority
  • borough
  • canton
  • city council
  • city fathers
  • city hall
  • councilman
  • councilwoman
  • county borough
  • county council
  • development area
  • enterprise zone
  • municipality
  • parish council
  • parochial
  • prefecture
  • principal area
  • shire
  • South Yorkshire

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Towns & regions: parts of countries

countyadjective

uk/ˈkaʊn.ti/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/UK usually disapproving

behaving in a way that is typical of rich people with a high social position who live in large houses in the countryside:

She mixes with a very county set.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Rich people

  • beautiful
  • capitalist
  • deb
  • designer socialist
  • elite
  • jet-setter
  • laird
  • means
  • nabob
  • nob
  • plutocracy
  • rentier
  • rich
  • socialite
  • the beautiful people idiom
  • the jet set
  • toff
  • well heeled
  • well off
  • yuppie

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