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词汇 zone
释义 zone
noun
uk /zəʊn/ us /zoʊn/

zonenoun (AREA)


B1[ C ]
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for different purposes: (尤指有不同特征或用途的)地带,地区
an earthquake zone地震带
a nuclear-free zone无核区
He was charged with driving at 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.他被指控在限速55英里的区域内驾车时速达到75英里。
be designated a danger zoneThis stretch of coast has been designated a danger zone.这段海岸已被划定为危险地带。
establish a no-fly zoneThe UN Security Council has established a no-fly zone (= one where aircraft are not permitted to fly).联合国安全理事会设定了一处禁飞区。
[ C ] geography, environment specialized
one of the five parts the earth is divided into according to temperature, marked by imaginary lines going around it from east to west: (地球的)气候带
temperate zones温带
A demilitarized zone has been created on the border between the warring countries.在交战国之间的边境设立了一个非军事区。
The incident graphically illustrates just how dangerous the situation in the war zone has become.这起事件清楚表明交战地区的局势已经到了多么危险的地步。
Journalists may enter the danger zone but unfortunately we cannot guarantee their safety.
The city has declared itself a nuclear-free zone.那座城市宣称自己为无核区。
The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.要求总司令在36小时内将其军队从交战区撤出。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Space - general words
bay
blank
chamber
dead space
elbow room
expanse
expanse of something
floor
legroom
multi-chambered
non-spatial
patch
room
space
spacial
spaciousness
spatial
spatialize
spatially
standing room

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Weather & climate - general words

zonenoun (SPORT)


[ U ]
in basketball, American football, and some other sports, a system of defending in which each player is responsible for defending an area rather than an opposing player: (篮球等的)区域防御
They have been working on playing zone when it is too difficult to cover a fast opponent one one one.
Their opponents are almost guaranteed to play a lot of zone.
Synonym
zone defense
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Basketball, netball & volleyball
airball
alley-oop
b-ball
backcourt
backfield
dime
dunk
foul
game ball
goaltending
granny shot
half-court
half-court press
pivot
quintet
rebound
rebounder
rebounding
reverse dribble
turnover

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General terms used in ball sports

Idiom


in the zone
zone
verb[ Tusually passive ]
 geography specializeduk /zəʊn/ us /zoʊn/
to give a special purpose to a particular area, such as an area in a town: 将…划作特殊区域;指定…为某项用途的区域
be zoned forThe former dockyard has been zoned for industrial use.以前的造船厂被辟为了工业用地。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Civil engineering in general
brownfield
built environment
caisson
civil engineer
civil engineering
geotechnical
infrastructure
lineman
linesman
planning
planning permission
purpose-built
quantity surveyor
reclamation
ribbon development
structural engineer
subsea
town planner
town planning
urbanize

Phrasal verb


zone out

zone | American Dictionary


zone
noun[ C ]
us/zoʊn/
an area, esp. one that has different characteristics from the ones around it or is used for different purposes:
a construction/work/flood/combat/war zone
He was charged with driving 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
zone
verb[ T ]
us/zoʊn/
to set rules for the use of land or for the types of structures that can be built on it:
The land is now zoned for single-family homes on two-acre plots.
This area was originally zoned commercial.

zone | Business English


zone
noun[ C ]
uk /zəʊn/us
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it, because it has different characteristics or is used for different purposes:
a danger/safety zone
a construction/no-parking/nuclear-free zone
one of the areas into which a larger area is divided for a particular purpose:
Most bus fares in the borough are to rise by 43%, while tube users in zone 1 will see an increase of 25%.
The car was going faster than 60 mph in a 40-mph zone.
a charging/fare zoneNew technology makes it much cheaper to determine whether a vehicle is in a charging zone.
an area of a city that is used for a particular purpose or activity:
a commercial/industrial/residential zoneTrucks are permitted within a 20-25 mile commercial zone where they drop off their trailers.
LAW
a geographical region or group of countries that share a particular system, law, etc.:
customs-free/passport-free zones
Next to the airport is a special economic zone, an enclave of relative economic freedom designed to attract investors.
External exchange rates matter less in a single currency zone of such size.
See also
development zone
duty-free zone
enterprise zone
the eurozone
foreign trade zone
free trade zone
special economic zone
time zone
zone
verb[ T ]
uk /zəʊn/us
to give a special purpose to a particular area, such as an area in a town:
be zoned for sthThe acreage includes land zoned for commercial usage.
to divide an area of land into different smaller areas:
They will have to zone a sufficient amount of land to meet housing needs.

Examples of zone


zone
Time-dependent characterization of the output radiation in a far-field zone was obtained for both free-running and injection-controlled operation with an unstable resonator 1 cavity.
The joint width of zones 2, 3, and 4 is approximately 20% of the spot radius.
The zone of proximal development and its implications for teaching and learning.
The disturbance was higher for the exposed zone, where the crown cover of emergent trees was not closed.
As a result, joints that traverse impermeable deformation band shear zones may provide the primary pathways for fluid flow in sandstones compartmentalized by these zones.
See the text for definitions of the zones.
A dummy variable for high altitude separates the study region into two major climate zones.
These criteria depend on agro-ecological zones with more complex criteria in drier areas with high rainfall variability.
The first committees to be elected had only six months to learn about governance before the safe zone suddenly disintegrated.
The staircases are arranged in an internal zone, transversal to the largest side.
He also noted sudden thickening of coals along zones adjacent to belts of thin coal, which was ascribed to redeposition by flooding.
This computer interface could be placed easily in the expressive zone left unused by the instrument, namely finger pressure on the keys.
These three very different volumes are testimony to the richness, variety and fascination of this crucial zone of the most extraordinary city in the world.
They represent two extremes of radiation resistance, defining a pragmatic ' surviving zone for life'.
Many kinematic indicators (primarily - and type fabrics) show that the shear zone has an extensional geometry with respect to the present land surface.
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Collocations withzone


zone

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alpine zone
It is found in the alpinezone.
From
Wikipedia

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arid zone
After heavy rain the arid zone is transformed with largescale germination and flowering events over only a few months that carpet many thousands of square kilometres.
battle zone
It is just a battlezone every day.
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Hansard archive

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