county
n
1 administrative division of Britain, the largest unit of local government 郡(英國最大的地方行政區): the county of Kent
[attrib 作定語]
a county boundary, councillor 郡的邊界線、 郡政務委員會委員
county cricket 郡際板球賽. Cf 參看 province 1, state1 3.
2 (in US and other countries) subdivision of a state (美國及其他國家的)縣(州以下的行政區). county, adj (Brit infml sometimes derog 口, 有時作貶義) having the life-style and habits of English upper-class landowners (eg fond of foxhunting) 有英國大地主生活方式和習慣的(如愛好獵狐); 有郡中豪紳習氣的
She's awfully county. 她十足地主派頭.
He belongs to the county set, ie people having this life-style. 他屬於郡中豪紳階層.