(pl. -os 或-oes)
1- a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups（尤指贫民集中的）少数民族聚居区, 少数民族贫民区。
1.1
- historical the Jewish quarter in a city〈史〉（城市中的）犹太人居住区：
the Warsaw Ghetto
华沙犹太人居住区。
1.2
- an isolated or segregated group or area被隔离群体（或隔离区）; 种族隔离群体（或隔离区）：
the relative security of the gay ghetto.
同性恋隔离区的相对安全性。
- (-oes, -oed)with obj. put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group将…置于隔离区（或隔离群体）中; 将…置于种族隔离区（或种族隔离群体）中：
we're unhappy to see our guides ghettoed in the shelves of transport books.
我们不愿看到我们的指南手册与其他书籍隔离开来放在运输类书架上。
词源
early 17th cent.: perhaps from Italian getto 'foundry' (because the first ghetto was established in 1516 on the site of a foundry in Venice), or from Italian borghetto, diminutive of borgo 'borough'.