tract

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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tract /trækt/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract HBa system of connected organs that have one main purpose in a part of your body 消化道/生殖道/尿道等2  SGAREAa large area of land 〔土地的〕一大片 vast tracts of woodland 大片大片的林地3  formalTCN a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject 〔尤指道德或宗教题材的〕短文，小册子 a tract on the dangers of drink 关于饮酒危害的小册子

Examples from the Corpus

tract• Bible tracts• Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable.• Postmortem examination was carried out in seven patients, and the gastrointestinal tract was fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin.• These histological findings were similar in all parts of the gastrointestinal tract.• As indicated, Spenser was unsuccessful, his tract censored.• There are large tracts of vacant land near the river, which could be used for farming.• Large tracts of the North-East and North Yorkshire are used by the Army for training.• His fame rests on the flurry of tracts he published in his last years, and little is known of his background.• Vast tracts of Brazilian rain forest continue to be cut down every year.Origin tract 1. (1400-1500) Latin tractus “pulling, extension”, from trahere “to pull”2. (1400-1500) Latin tractatus “tract”, from tractare; → TRACTABLE

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tract
tract /trækt/ noun [countable]1. the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract a system of connected organs that have one main purpose in a part of your body
2. a large area of land:
    vast tracts of woodland
3. formal a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject:
    a tract on the dangers of drink
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject: a free booklet on drug abuse | Have you read the information booklet?
   ▪ brochure a thin book with paper covers that gives information on something you may want to buy or advertises something: glossy holiday brochures | The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure. | The brochure shows you all the different types of washing machine.
   ▪ leaflet a small book or piece of paper, often only one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives information on a particular subject: a leaflet about library services | They were handing out leaflets for the Socialist Party.
   ▪ pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, in which someone writes about their opinions about something, or gives information about something: a political pamphlet | Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery. | The pamphlet tells you all you need to know about growing cactuses.
   ▪ prospectus especially British English a thin paper book that advertises and gives information about a school, college, new business etc: I asked them to send me the college prospectus.
   ▪ flyer a small sheet of paper advertising something: People were giving out flyers advertising the fair.
   ▪ tract a thin short book, especially about a moral or religious subject - a rather formal use: Two women were handing out religious tracts.

tractBrE /trækt/ 🔊NAmE /trækt/ 🔊 noun(biology 生物) a system of connected organs or tissues along which materials or messages pass （连通身体组织或器官的）道，束◆the digestive tract消化道◆a nerve tract神经束an area of land, especially a large one 大片土地；地带 SYN stretch ◆vast tracts of forest大片大片的森林(sometimes disapproving) a short piece of writing, especially on a religious, moral or political subject, that is intended to influence people's ideas （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文，传单，小册子