英语词汇“region”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

region

释义

region /rēˈjən/

noun

A tract of country
Any area or district, esp one characterized in some way
(from 1975 to 1996) a unit of local government in Scotland
A realm
A portion or division, as of the body
A portion of space
The atmosphere, or a division of it, esp the upper air (Shakespeare and Milton)
The heavens (obsolete)

adjective (Shakespeare)

Of the air

ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr regiun, from L regiō, -ōnis, from regere to rule

rēˈgional adjective

rēˈgionalism noun

Regional patriotism or particularism

rēˈgionalist noun and adjective

regionalīzāˈtion or regionalīsāˈtion noun

The division of a country into regions for local government administration

reˈgionalize or reˈgionalise transitive verb

rēˈgionally adverb

rēˈgionary adjective

regional council noun

A council elected to govern the affairs of a region

in the region of

Near
About, approximately

Kennelly-Heaviside layer or region /kenˈə-li-hevˈi-sīd lāˈər or rēˈjən/

noun

A strongly ionized region of the upper atmosphere about 60 miles up, in which wireless waves are deflected (also Kennelly layer, Heaviside layer and Eˈ-layer)

ORIGIN: AE Kennelly (1861–1939) and O Heaviside (1850–1925), who inferred its existence

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