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BNC: 784 COCA: 1516

county

county /ˈkaʊnti/ noun
plural counties
county
/ˈkaʊnti/
noun
plural counties
Learner's definition of COUNTY
[count]
: an area of a state or country that is larger than a city and has its own government to deal with local matters县;郡
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
BNC: 784 COCA: 1516

county

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noun (1)

coun·​ty ˈkau̇n-tē How to pronounce county (audio)
plural counties
1
: the domain of a count
2
a
: one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes
b(1)
: the people of a county
(2)
British : the gentry of a county
3
: the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the U.S.
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: the largest local administrative unit in various countries
county adjective

county

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noun (2)

plural counties
archaic

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English counte, from Anglo-French cunté, counté, from Medieval Latin comitatus, from Late Latin, office of a count, from comit-, comes count — more at count

Noun (2)

modification of Middle French comte

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1539, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of county was in the 14th century
BNC: 784 COCA: 1516
county

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUNTY | COUNTY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEborder, coastal, metropolitan, rural, urban (NAmE) 邊境地區的郡;沿海的縣;都市郡;鄉村郡縣;城市郡縣the Welsh border counties威爾士邊境地區的郡eastern, western, etc.東部、西部等郡縣historic (especially BrE) 歷史上的郡home家鄉所在縣;倫敦周圍的郡He returned to his home county in North Carolina.他回到了北卡羅來納州的家鄉所在縣。London and the home counties (= the counties around London) 倫敦及周圍各郡native (BrE) 故鄉所在郡He was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth.他獲選為故鄉梅里奧尼思郡的下院議員。adjacent, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding鄰近的/毗鄰的/周邊的郡縣London and its surrounding counties倫敦及周邊各郡VERB + COUNTYrepresent代表郡She represents the county in Parliament. (BrE) 她在議會裏代表這個郡。COUNTY + NOUNboundary, line (NAmE) 郡的邊界;縣的邊界The river forms the county boundary.這條河構成郡的邊界。resident (NAmE) 縣的居民seat (NAmE) , town (BrE) (= where the local government is based) 縣城;郡首府the town of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas得克薩斯州哈得斯佩思縣的縣城,謝拉布蘭卡鎮Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire.特羅布里奇是威爾特郡的首府。commission, council, department, government (especially NAmE) 縣委員會;郡政務委員會;縣政府部門;縣政府Fairfax County Department of Family Services費爾法克斯縣家庭服務部attorney, clerk, coroner, judge, official, prosecutor, sheriff (all NAmE) 郡縣的律師/職員/驗屍官/法官/官員/檢察官/治安官chairman, councillor, executive (especially NAmE) 縣主席;郡政務委員;縣行政執行官court, courthouse, jail (NAmE) 郡法院;縣法院大樓;縣監獄hospital, library, school郡縣的醫院/圖書館/學校cricket (BrE) 郡際板球賽championship, match (= in cricket) 縣錦標賽;郡際板球賽PREPOSITIONin a/the county在郡裏people who live in this county這個郡的居民

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