单词 | zone |
释义 | zone (once / 259 pages) nv A zone is an area that has some special characteristic, like a loading zone. "The Twilight Zone" was a TV show where odd things happened. Similarly, any zone is a place that has some special feature. A loading zone is a spot where cars and trucks can unload things and people. A military zone is a place under control of the armed forces. To create a zone is called zoning: zoning breaks something into parts or sections. An election board zones an area into separate zones such as districts. WORD FAMILYzone: zonal, zoned, zones, zoning+/zonal: azonal, bizonal/zoning: zonings USAGE EXAMPLESAt the Penn State 27-yard line, receiver Deontay Burnett unilaterally decided to scrap his pass route and beeline to the end zone. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Fans around the world plan to toast “The Professor” at 9 p.m. in their time zones. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Set up by an interception less than a minute later, McSorley plowed into the end zone on a three-yard run. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic Exp|Hypo|Hyper Panama Canal Zone a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal buffer, buffer zone a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict combat area, combat zonea military area where combat forces operate danger zonea dangerous area DMZ, demilitarized zonea zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited drop zone, dropping zonean agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops kill zone, killing zonean area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities strike zone(baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike tidal zonean area subject to tidal action war zonea combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war) bridgehead, footholdan area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies part, region the extended spatial location of something 2n a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features Hypo|Hyper island a zone or area resembling an island kitchen islandan unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides safety island, safety isle, safety zone, traffic islanda curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians place, spot, topographic point a point located with respect to surface features of some region 3n any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper geographical zone South Frigid Zone the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters North Frigid Zonethe regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole North Temperate ZoneTemperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer South Temperate ZoneTemperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn tropical zonethe part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate climatic zone any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude time zoneany of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used transit zonea six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers Frigid Zone, polar region, polar zonethe part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate Temperate Zonethe part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate semitropics, subtropicsregions adjacent to the tropics geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth 4n (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure Syn|Hypo|Hyper zona zona pellucida thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus zonula, zonulesmall beltlike zone anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing 5v separate or apportion into sections Syn|Hypo|Hyper partition screen off, separate off partition by means of a divider, such as a screen divide, separate make a division or separation 6v regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns Syn|Hyper district govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations |
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