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 ‘area 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).
中文解释
1. warrent => warren.2. => piece of protected or guarded land enclosed for breeding beasts and fowls.
实用例句
1. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.
沃伦先生控告他散布诽谤性言论。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Warren's eldest son is an art student, at St Martin's.
沃伦的大儿子是圣马丁学院艺术系的学生。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The offices were a warren of small rooms and passages.
这些办公室房间小，通道窄。
来自《权威词典》
4. If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London.
如果沃伦能拿出那1500万美元，我们就去伦敦。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Warren also allows that capitalist development may, in its early stages, result in increased social inequality.