canton的意思

canton

英式音标['kæntən]
美式英标['kæntən(ə)l; kæn'təʊn(ə)l]

基本解释

n. 行政区，州

vt. 为…分配营房；把…划分成州，把…划成行政区

canton （瑞士等国的）行政区，州

来自词根cant, 弯，转，角落，词源同decant, canteen. -on, 大词后缀。因瑞士多山而得名。

canton: canton: see cant
canton (n.): 1530s, "corner, angle," from Middle French canton "piece, portion of a country" (13c.), from Italian (Lombard dialect) cantone "region," especially in the mountains, augmentative of Latin canto "section of a country," literally "corner" (see cant (n.2)). Originally in English a term in heraldry and flag descriptions; applied to the sovereign states of the Swiss republic from 1610s. Related: Cantoned.

3. Rebels were approaching Changsha along the Canton - Hankow railway.: 起义军当时正沿着粤汉路逼近长沙.

4. Without mentioning our stop in Hong Kong, they suggested we take on navigators in Canton.: 他们根本不提我们在香港停留之事, 只是建议我们来广州接领航员登机.