burg

FREQ #35067

n. 城, 镇

发音

UK /bɜːɡ/
AU
US /bɝɡ/

词形变化

burgs 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A city or town.

    加拿大 美国
  2. 2.

    A fortified town in medieval Europe.

    历史
  3. 1.

    Clipping of burger.

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

town

词源

The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg.

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