| 释义 |
ghetto/ˈɡetəʊ/ n. & v.●n. (pl. -os or -oes) 1 a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups (城市中的)少数民族聚居区(尤指贫民区) 2 hist. the Jewish quarter in a city [史义] (城市中的)犹太居民区 3 a segregated group or area 隔离人群，隔离区域 ●v. tr. (-oes, -oed) put or keep (people) in a ghetto (将人)关闭在隔离区 □ ghettoize v. tr. (also 亦作 ghettoise)[perhaps from Italian getto ‘foundry’ (applied to the site of the first ghetto in Venice in 1516)] |