• n. 行政區(qū)，州
• vt. 為…分配營(yíng)房；把…劃分成州，把…劃成行政區(qū)

來(lái)自詞根cant, 彎，轉(zhuǎn)，角落，詞源同decant, canteen. -on, 大詞后綴。因瑞士多山而得名。

canton

canton: see cant

canton (n.)

1530s, "corner, angle," from Middle French canton "piece, portion of a country" (13c.), from Italian (Lombard dialect) cantone "region," especially in the mountains, augmentative of Latin canto "section of a country," literally "corner" (see cant (n.2)). Originally in English a term in heraldry and flag descriptions; applied to the sovereign states of the Swiss republic from 1610s. Related: Cantoned.

1. They came to Canton on a trading ship.

他們乘商船來(lái)到廣東.

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2. Which canton is Zurich in?

蘇黎士在哪一個(gè)州?

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3. Rebels were approaching Changsha along the Canton - Hankow railway.

起義軍當(dāng)時(shí)正沿著粵漢路逼近長(zhǎng)沙.

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4. Without mentioning our stop in Hong Kong, they suggested we take on navigators in Canton.

他們根本不提我們?cè)谙愀弁Ａ糁? 只是建議我們來(lái)廣州接領(lǐng)航員登機(jī).

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5. Canton cuisine uses a great variety of materials.

粵菜的花樣繁多.

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