| 单词 | region |
| 释义 | region /ree"jeuhn/, n. 1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth. 2. Usually, regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind. 3. a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region. 4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut. 5. a part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region. 6. a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority. 7. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic. 8. an administrative division of a city or territory. 9. Zoogeog. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area. 10. Anat. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region. 11. Math. a. Also called domain. an open connected set. b. the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points. [1300-50; ME < AF regiun < L region- (s. of regio) direction, line, boundary, equiv. to reg(ere) to rule + -ion- -ION] Syn. 1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter. |
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