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单词 enclave
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N92891877enclaveSpoken.220Fiction.151Magazine.395Newspaper.605Academic.506

enclave

/ˈenkleɪv/
noun
1
a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct
飞地(指位于另一较大领土境内的小块领土, 居住着隶属不同文化和种族的居民)。
1.1
figurative a place or group that is different in character from those surrounding it
〈喻〉与周围人群(或地方)有着不同特征的人群(或地方):

the engineering department is traditionally a male enclave.

工程部传统上是男人的天下。

词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, from Old French enclaver 'enclose, dovetail', based on Latin clavis 'key'.
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