| 释义 |
region/ˈri:dʒ(ə)n/n. 1 an area of land, or division of the earth's surface, having definable boundaries or characteristics 地区，地带，区域 a mountainous region 山区; the region between London and the coast 伦敦和海岸之间的地区 2 an administrative district esp. in Scotland (尤指苏格兰的)行政区 3 a part of the body round or near some organ etc. (身体的)区，部，部位 the lumbar region 腰部 4 a sphere or realm 范围，领域，界 the region of metaphysics 形而上学范畴 5a a separate part of the world or universe (世界或宇宙中单独的)一部分 b a layer of the atmosphere or the sea according to its height or depth (大气、海水等的)层 □ in the region of approximately 在…左右，接近 □ regional adj.□ regionalism n.□ regionalist n. & adj.□ regionalize v. tr. (also 亦作 -ise)□ regionally adv.[Middle English via Old French from Latin regio -onis ‘direction, district’, from regere ‘direct’] |