area: [16] Area is a direct borrowing from Latin ārea, which simply meant ‘level piece of open ground, particularly one not built on in a city’. An alternative sense of the Latin word, ‘place where grain is threshed’, has suggested to some etymologists a derivation from the Latin verb ārēre ‘be dry’ (related to ardor and aridus, sources of English ardour and arid). => ardour, arid
area (n.)
1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from Latin area "level ground, open space," used of building sites, playgrounds, threshing floors, etc.; which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area code in North American telephone systems is attested from 1959.
双语例句
1. The study links the main living area to the kitchen.
书房把主要的生活区与厨房连在一起。
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2. The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.
这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。
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3. America has enough firepower in the area to mount sustained air strikes.
美国在该地区拥有足够的火力发动持续的空中打击。
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4. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.
一年中大部分时间里，这个地区游人如织。
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5. The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months.
