: 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
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: the people of a county
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British: the gentry of a county
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: 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
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
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUNTY | COUNTY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤border, 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 + COUNTY➤represent代表郡◇She represents the county in Parliament. (BrE) 她在議會裏代表這個郡。COUNTY + NOUN➤boundary, 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PREPOSITION➤in a/the county在郡裏◇people who live in this county這個郡的居民