area

英 ['e?r??] 美['?r??]

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復數:?areas;

area 區域

詞源不詳。可能來自詞根ard, 火，用火燒掉雜草灌木等，用于耕作。

area: area: [16] Area is a direct borrowing from Latin ārea, which simply meant ‘level piece of open ground, particularly one not built on in a city’. An alternative sense of the Latin word, ‘place where grain is threshed’, has suggested to some etymologists a derivation from the Latin verb ārēre ‘be dry’ (related to ardor and aridus, sources of English ardour and arid).
=> ardour, arid
area (n.): 1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from Latin area "level ground, open space," used of building sites, playgrounds, threshing floors, etc.; which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area code in North American telephone systems is attested from 1959.

2. The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.: 這位發言人證實該地區現已落入叛亂分子手中。

3. America has enough firepower in the area to mount sustained air strikes.: 美國在該地區擁有足夠的火力發動持續的空中打擊。

4. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.: 一年中大部分時間里，這個地區游人如織。

5. The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months.: 這一地區3個月以來不斷發生激戰。