county英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The land ruled by a count or a countess. countable,historical,uncountable

— The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders.
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana). countable,uncountable

— Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list. […] FAIR says the county is a sanctuary because it tells police not to ask about immigration status even during an arrest.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions. countable,uncountable

— traditional county
A jail operated by a county government. US,slang,uncountable

— He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

形容词 adj.

Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

— Now, in the district around Chipping Carby, the County Families are very County indeed, few more so.

词形变化

counties plural more county comparative most county superlative

词汇关系

近义词

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衍生词

32-county another county heard from ceremonial county city and county collar county Countian county at large county borough county boundary county brownie county council county court county cricket county crop county fair county family county farm County Gates countyhood countyism county jail county-level city county-level municipality countylike county line county palatinate county palatine county seat county town countywide God's own county historic county Home Counties home county intercounty intracounty metropolitan county multicounty noncounty Norfolk County Orangeburg County preserved county regional county municipality registration county Sharkey County Six Counties subcounty traditional county tricounty Twenty-Six Counties

词源

词源 1

From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”) and Italian contea (“county”). Doublet of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native Old English sċīr, whence Modern English shire.

词源 2

From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”) and Italian contea (“county”). Doublet of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native Old English sċīr, whence Modern English shire.