zone

• n. 地帶；地區(qū)；聯(lián)防
• vi. 分成區(qū)
• vt. 使分成地帶；環(huán)繞
• n. (Zone)人名；(塞)佐內(nèi)

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)zone,地理分布帶，來(lái)自PIE*yos,帶子，腰帶，詞源同zoster.

zone (n.)

late 14c., from Latin zona "geographical belt, celestial zone," from Greek zone "a belt, the girdle worn by women at the hips," related to zonnynai "to gird," from PIE root *yos- "to gird" (cognates: Avestan yasta- "girt," Lithuanian juosiu "to gird," Old Church Slavonic po-jasu "girdle"). The 10c. Anglo-Saxon treatise on astronomy translates Latin quinque zonas as fyf gyrdlas.

Originally one of the five great divisions of the earth's surface (torrid, temperate, frigid; separated by tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and Arctic and Antarctic circles); meaning "any discrete region" is first recorded 1822. Zone defense in team sports is recorded from 1927.

zone (v.)

1760, "mark with zones," from zone (n.). Land use planning sense is from 1916. Related: Zoned; zoning.

1. The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.

設(shè)立了安全區(qū)以防止游擊隊(duì)員的滲入。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.

他們成了軍隊(duì)人員與平民雇員之間身份界定不清的人。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The area could be turned into a demilitarized zone.

該地區(qū)可能會(huì)成為非軍事區(qū)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Many people have stayed behind in the potential war zone.

許多人留在了可能會(huì)淪為交戰(zhàn)區(qū)的地方。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. The U.N. has declared it to be a safe zone.

聯(lián)合國(guó)已宣布它為安全區(qū)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句