tract
英[tr?kt]
美[tr?kt]
- n. 束；大片土地，地帶；小冊子
- n. (Tract)人名；(英)特拉克特
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tracts;
助記提示
1、tract- => tract.
2、stretch / pull of land or water, plot of land for development.
3、little book, treatise, a handling.
中文詞源
tract 道，束，大片土地，地帶
來自拉丁語 tractus,跑道，路徑，來自拉丁語 trahere,拖，拉，使移動，來自 PIE*tragh,拖，拉， 使移動，來自 PIE*dhragh,拉，拉出，詞源同 draw,tract.引申詞義一片土地，地帶，道，束等。
tract 小冊子來自拉丁語 tractare,處理，操縱，對待，來自拉丁語 trahere 的反復(fù)格動詞形式，詞源同
英文詞源
- tract (n.1)
- "area," mid-15c., "period or lapse of time," from Latin tractus "track, course, space, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere "to pull, draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cognates: Slovenian trag "trace, track," Middle Irish tragud "ebb;" perhaps with a variant form *dhragh-; see drag (v.)). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded 1550s. Specific U.S. sense of "plot of land for development" is recorded from 1912; tract housing attested from 1953.
- tract (n.2)
- "little book, treatise" mid-12c., probably a shortened form of Latin tractatus "a handling, treatise, treatment," from tractare "to handle" (see treat (v.)). Related: Tractarian.
雙語例句
- 1. A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract.
- 感冒是上呼吸道的感染。
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- 2. Water is ideal to flush the kidneys and the urinary tract.
- 用水清洗腎臟和尿道最理想不過。
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- 3. She produced a feminist tract, "Comments on Birth-Control", in 1930.
- 她1930年寫了篇女性主義的短文《論節(jié)育》。
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- 4. A vast tract of land is ready for development.
- 一大片廣闊的土地可待開發(fā)。
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- 5. Foods are broken down in the digestive tract.
- 食物在消化道里分解。
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