tract

英 [trækt] 美 [trækt]
  • n. 束;大片土地,地带;小册子
  • n. (Tract)人名;(英)特拉克特

助记提示


1、tract- => tract.
2、stretch / pull of land or water, plot of land for development.
3、little book, treatise, a handling.

中文词源


tract 道,束,大片土地,地带

来自拉丁语 tractus,跑道,路径,来自拉丁语 trahere,拖,拉,使移动,来自 PIE*tragh,拖,拉, 使移动,来自 PIE*dhragh,拉,拉出,词源同 draw,tract.引申词义一片土地,地带,道,束等。

tract 小册子

来自拉丁语 tractare,处理,操纵,对待,来自拉丁语 trahere 的反复格动词形式,词源同

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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.
用水清洗肾脏和尿道最理想不过。

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3. She produced a feminist tract, "Comments on Birth-Control", in 1930.
她1930年写了篇女性主义的短文《论节育》。

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4. A vast tract of land is ready for development.
一大片广阔的土地可待开发。

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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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