Word · Frequency #11864
ghetto
犹太人区
the historical Jewish quarter of a city
- 1.
An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
(历史上,尤指中世纪意大利和纳粹欧洲)犹太人被迫聚居的区域。
- 2.
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
历史上许多欧洲城市中犹太人被迫居住的限定区域
- 3.
An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
(城市中)特定民族、种族或族群聚居的(常为贫困的)区域。
- 4.
any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
因偏见或刻板印象导致的任何隔离式生活或工作方式
- 5.
An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
具有某种共同特征(非种族)的人群集中或被迫集中的区域。
- 6.
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
贫困人口密集的城区,由经济困难和社会限制联系在一起的少数族裔群体居住
(历史上,尤指中世纪意大利和纳粹欧洲)犹太人被迫聚居的区域。；历史上许多欧洲城市中犹太人被迫居住的限定区域；(城市中)特定民族、种族或族群聚居的(常为贫困的)区域。；因偏见或刻板印象导致的任何隔离式生活或工作方式；具有某种共同特征(非种族)的人群集中或被迫集中的区域。
In use
The museum exhibition explains how families lived in the city's old Jewish ghetto.
Many of the narrow streets in the ghetto still exist today.
Historians have studied the daily life of people who were forced into the ghettos.
the Warsaw ghetto
the relative security of the gay ghetto
no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
the ghetto
此义指历史上欧洲城市中强制犹太人居住的区域；定冠词 the 特指已知的犹太人区。
The ghetto was surrounded by walls.
犹太人区被围墙环绕。
in the ghetto
Connections
Collocations
- Jewish ghetto
- 犹太人隔离区
- The city preserved the remains of the medieval Jewish ghetto.这座城市保留了中世纪犹太人隔离区的遗迹。
- ghetto walls
- 隔都围墙
- The ghetto walls were torn down in the nineteenth century.隔都围墙在十九世纪被拆除。
- Warsaw Ghetto
- 华沙隔都
- The Warsaw Ghetto was established by Nazi Germany in 1940.华沙隔都是纳粹德国于1940年建立的。
- ghetto uprising
- 隔都起义
- Historians still debate the impact of the ghetto uprising.历史学家仍在争论隔都起义的影响。
Idioms & figurative uses
- ghetto blaster
- 大功率便携音响He carried a ghetto blaster on his shoulder, blasting hip-hop.他肩上扛着一台大功率便携音响，大声放着嘻哈音乐。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
ghetto 可联想为“隔都”——被隔离的城区，历史上犹太人被限居于此。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：history textbooks、historical research、museum displays 该义项指历史上城市中强制犹太人居住的特定区域，多用于历史叙述、教材或正式讨论，语气较正式；日常口语中较少用此义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -etto (stiletto, libretto, palmetto) rhyme with ghetto: they share the stressed /ɛtoʊ/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes: motto and grotto end in -otto but have /ɑtoʊ/ (or /ɒtoʊ/ in British English), and veto ends in -eto but is /ˈviːtoʊ/ (long e).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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