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borough

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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bo·rough /ˈbʌrə $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]  SGTOWNa town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc 自治市[];城市的行政区 the borough of Queens in New York City 纽约市昆斯区 Lambeth Borough Council 兰贝斯自治市议会
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boroughCroydon is indeed a borough fortunate in its parliamentary representation.The dreams of nineteenth-century poets polluted the psychic atmosphere of the great boroughs and suburbs of New York.Bimpson recognised a business opportunity when he discovered that the government had secured domain names for all the schools in his borough.A spokesman for the borough engineer's department said the matter would be looked into.Furthermore, a temporary local heroin drought was created in the borough.I walk the boundaries of the borough every day and I have dowsed these lines many times.the borough of Brooklyn in New York CityMany of those boroughs also have the worst housing, longest waiting lists and highest poverty levels of the country.
Origin borough Old English burg castle, town defended by a wall
bo·rough nounChineseSyllable
city, a is Corpus that part large town, or of a


borough
borough /ˈbʌrə $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: burg 'castle, town defended by a wall'
a town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc:
    the borough of Queens in New York City
    Lambeth Borough Council


bor·oughBrE /ˈbʌrə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɜːroʊ/ 🔊 nouna town or part of a city that has its own local government 自治市镇;(城市)行政区the London borough of Westminster伦敦的威斯敏斯特自治市The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York. 布朗克斯是纽约市的五个行政区之一。🔊🔊a borough council自治镇政务会