• n. 養(yǎng)兔場；大雜院；擁擠的地區(qū)

來自PIE*wer,覆蓋，保護(hù)，看管，看護(hù)，詞源同ward,ware。原義為看管的土地，打獵區(qū)，或鳥獸飼養(yǎng)場，后用于指養(yǎng)兔場，兔穴。

warren

warren: [14] A warren is etymologically a ‘fenced-off’ area. The word was acquired from warenne, the Anglo-Norman version of Old French garenne ‘game-park’. This in turn came from Gaulish *varrenna ‘a(chǎn)rea bounded by a fence’, which was derived from *varros ‘post’. The specific link with rabbits (originally as a reserve set aside for breeding rabbits, now an area where wild rabbits live) is a secondary development.

warren (n.)

late 14c., "piece of land enclosed for breeding beasts and fowls," from Anglo-French and Old North French warenne (Old French garenne) "game park, hunting reserve," possibly from Gaulish *varenna "enclosed area," related to *varros "post." More likely from the present participle of Old North French warir (Old French garir) "defend, keep," from Proto-Germanic *war- "to protect, guard" (see warrant (n.)). Later especially "piece of land for breeding of rabbits" (c. 1400), which led to the transferred sense of "cluster of densely populated living spaces" (1640s).

1. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.

沃倫先生控告他散布誹謗性言論。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Warren's eldest son is an art student, at St Martin's.

沃倫的大兒子是圣馬丁學(xué)院藝術(shù)系的學(xué)生。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The offices were a warren of small rooms and passages.

這些辦公室房間小，通道窄。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London.

如果沃倫能拿出那1500萬美元，我們就去倫敦。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Warren also allows that capitalist development may, in its early stages, result in increased social inequality.

沃倫也承認(rèn)資本主義發(fā)展初級階段可能會導(dǎo)致社會不平等現(xiàn)象加劇。

來自柯林斯例句