a very small county in eastern central England. It became part of Leicestershire in 1974. Many local people opposed this and in 1997 the people of Rutland chose to become a county again and to have their own separate unitary authority, Rutland County Council. 拉特兰(Rutland):英格兰中东部的一个很小的县。它于1974年成为莱斯特郡的一部分。许多当地人对此表示反对,1997年,拉特兰德人民选择再次成为一个县,并拥有自己独立的统一权力机构拉特兰县议会。