Enclave



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.飞地 ( 被他国领土包围的一块领土)
• ?? a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory ［ethnic enclaves］

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclavare to lock up, from Latin in- + clavis key — more at clavicle
• Date: 1868
• a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory <ethnic enclaves>

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