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an area or a region with a particular feature or use （有某特色或作用的）地区，地带 a war/combat/demilitarized/exclusion zone 战争/战斗/非军事/禁区 a danger zone 危险地带 a pedestrian zone (= where vehicles may not go) 步行区 They have called for a 100-mile buffer zone (= protected area) around the island to protect the seals. 他们呼吁在岛屿周围划出100英里的缓冲区来保护海豹。 an earthquake zone 地震带
Extra ExamplesEurope is divided into economic zones. 欧洲分成多个经济区。 Most of the old town is a traffic-free zone. 旧城大部份地区为无车区。 Our truck was trapped in the kill zone. 我们的卡车困在了射杀区，成了活靶子。 She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety zone. 她站得离他有些距离，以备安全。 The internet has become a free-fire zone for conspiracy theories. 因特网对各种阴谋论毫无限制。 The area has been declared a closed military zone. 这个地区已被宣布为军事禁区。 The rebels control the southern border zone. 叛乱者控制着南部边境地区。 The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone. 这一地区已经被宣布为生态灾难区。 This area behind the station is a no-go zone for tourists. 车站后的这一区域游客禁止进入。 an industrial zone of factories, warehouses and shipyards 由工厂、仓库和造船厂组成的工业区 an oxygen-depleted dead zone at the bottom of the sea 海底的无氧死区 the neutral zone between the two countries 两国之间的中立地带 Half a million people were made homeless throughout the earthquake zone. 整个地震区有50万人无家可归。 The agreement provided for a security zone of 80km on both sides of the border. 该协议规定在边境两侧设立80公里的安全区。 The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone. 市中心的主要部分是一个步行区。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
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one of the areas that a larger area is divided into for the purpose of organization （规划的）区域，分区 postal charges to countries in zone 2 到位于第 2 邮区的国家的邮资
Extra ExamplesAll countries in zones 1 and 2 have free incoming calls. 在第1区和第2区的所有国家都可免费接听来电。 The ticket may be used on any bus in zone 2. 这种票可在第2区内任何公共汽车上使用。
an area or a part of an object, especially one that is different from everything that is around it （尤指有别于周围的）区域，部分 When the needle enters the red zone the engine is too hot. 当指针进入红色区域时，发动机就过热了。 the erogenous zones of the body 身体的性敏感区
one of the parts that the earth’s surface is divided into by imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator （地球表面与赤道平行的）气候带 the northern/southern temperate zone 北温带；南温带
Extra ExamplesThis species is found widely distributed throughout the northern temperate zone. 这一物种广泛分布在北温带。 the alpine and arid zones of Australia 澳大利亚的高山和干旱地区 The plant grows only in the temperate zone. 这种植物只生长在温带。 the temperate and tropical zones of South America 南美洲的温带和热带 a transition zone between tropical and arid vegetations 热带植被和干旱植被之间的过渡地区
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē.
Idioms
in the zone
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in a state in which you feel confident and are performing at your best 处于最佳状态
a/the twilight world (of something) | the twilight zone
a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things 区域： 事物处于奇怪，神秘或秘密状态的状态；在两件事之间的分界线上存在的状态the twilight world of the occult 魔法的虚幻世界 The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings. 持不同政见者生活在一个沉默的声音和秘密会议的朦胧世界里。 the twilight zone between living and merely existing 生活和生存之间的模糊地带 They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society. 他们生活在社会边缘光怪陆离之处。