canton
英 [ˈkæn.tɒn]
美 [ˈkæn.tɑːn]
- n. 行政区,州
- vt. 为…分配营房;把…划分成州,把…划成行政区
记忆“canton”这个单词,可以将其与“can”结合,想象成“can”是一个小区域,即“can area”,这个“area”就是指的“canton”,也就是地区、省份或自治区的意思。通过这种联想,可以帮助记忆单词的含义。
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canton (瑞士等国的)行政区,州来自词根cant, 弯,转,角落,词源同decant, canteen. -on, 大词后缀。因瑞士多山而得名。
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canton: see cant
- canton (n.)
- 1530s, "corner, angle," from Middle French canton "piece, portion of a country" (13c.), from Italian (Lombard dialect) cantone "region," especially in the mountains, augmentative of Latin canto "section of a country," literally "corner" (see cant (n.2)). Originally in English a term in heraldry and flag descriptions; applied to the sovereign states of the Swiss republic from 1610s. Related: Cantoned.
- 1. They came to Canton on a trading ship.
- 他们乘商船来到广东.
- 2. Which canton is Zurich in?
- 苏黎士在哪一个州?
- 3. Rebels were approaching Changsha along the Canton - Hankow railway.
- 起义军当时正沿着粤汉路逼近长沙.
- 4. Without mentioning our stop in Hong Kong, they suggested we take on navigators in Canton.
- 他们根本不提我们在香港停留之事, 只是建议我们来广州接领航员登机.
- 5. Canton cuisine uses a great variety of materials.
- 粤菜的花样繁多.