ghetto
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ghet·to /ˈɡetəʊ $ -toʊ/ ●○○ noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) [countable] 1 SSRTOWNa part of a city where people of a particular race or class, especially people who are poor, live separately from the rest of the people in the city. This word is sometimes considered offensive. 〔通常条件很差的〕少数民族聚居区，贫民区〔有时被认为具有冒犯性〕 → slum unemployment in the ghetto 贫民区里的失业问题► see thesaurus at area2 SSRHa part of a city where Jews were forced to live in the past 〔旧时的〕犹太人居住区 the Warsaw ghetto 华沙的犹太人居住区
Examples from the Corpus
ghetto• His office marked the edge of the executive ghetto.• Not only are the men dependent on welfare, but many of the scars from ghetto crime stem directly from that dependency.• Ottovina lived on the South Side, in the Italian ghetto, and barely spoke any English at all.• the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw• I once lived for three months in a North Philadelphia ghetto.• Burnt-out old hacks explained a sudden new lease of life, promising their days in the public-relations ghetto were over.• Rap music began in the ghettos of New York and Washington.• a novel about life in the ghettos of New York• Bobby, gay and slender and handsome, has always lived in the ghetto.• The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.• In Sanchersville, she opened a storefront law office perforating the heart of the ghetto.Origin ghetto (1600-1700) Italian perhaps from getto “place where metals are melted and made into things”; because a 16th-century ghetto in Venice was where such a place had once existedghet·to nounChineseSyllable
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ghet‧to /ˈɡetəʊ $ -toʊ/
noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) [countable]
unemployment in the ghetto
2. a part of a city where Jews were forced to live in the past:
the Warsaw ghetto
▪ area a part of a town or country, or of the world: They live in a very wealthy area. | coastal areas
▪region a large area of a country or the world: the northwest region of Russia | desert regions
▪zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way: a war zone | a no-parking zone | We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
▪district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens: the Chelsea district of Manhattan | the business/financial/theatre etc district : the financial district of London
▪neighbourhood British English, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ an area of a town where people live: a friendly neighbourhood | There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
▪suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live: a suburb of Boston
▪quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live: the French quarter of New Orleans
▪slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live: He grew up in the slums of East London.
▪ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live: a black baby born in the ghetto
ghet‧to /ˈɡetəʊ $ -toʊ/
noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Italian
Origin: perhaps from getto 'place where metals are melted and made into things'; because a 16th-century ghetto in Venice was where such a place had once existed
1. a part of a city where people of a particular race or class, especially people who are poor, live separately from the rest of the people in the city. This word is sometimes considered offensive. ⇨ slum:Language: Italian
Origin: perhaps from getto 'place where metals are melted and made into things'; because a 16th-century ghetto in Venice was where such a place had once existed
2. a part of a city where Jews were forced to live in the past:
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