borough

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n. 自治的市镇, 区

发音

UK /ˈbʌ.ɹə/
SCOT /ˈbʌ.ɹə/
US /ˈbʌɹ.oʊ/
US /ˈbɝ.oʊ/

词形变化

boroughs 复数 boroughs

别名

Bor. boro bourg burough burrow

教材释义与例句

名词

区；自治的市镇

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fortified town.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A town or city.

    罕用
  3. 3.

    A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

    自治市

  4. 4.

    An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.

    镇

    区

  5. 5.

    An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.

  6. 6.

    Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.

  7. 7.

    A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.

  8. 8.

    An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.

    历史 法律

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

town townspeople townsfolk administrative division

下位词 3

burgh pocket borough rotten borough

相关短语

borough seat borough English 【英国历史、法律】(英国某些地区1925年前实行的)幼子继承制, 幼子优先继承地产的习俗[参较 primogeniture, gavelkind] borough seats borough council [法] 自治市议会 borough councils Borough Green rotten borough n. 有名无实的选区 municipal borough metropolitan borough pocket borough 口袋选区（被一人或一家族所操纵的国会议员选区） nomination borough Aleutians East Borough Freehold Borough Lake and Peninsula Borough Bristol Bay Borough

词源

From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”). Cognate with Dutch burcht, German Burg, Danish borg, Swedish borg, French bourg, Turkish burç. Doublet of Brough, burgh, and Bury.

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