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Brussels 音标拼音: [br'ʌsəlz] n. 布鲁塞尔 布鲁塞尔 Brussels n 1: the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [synonym: {Bruxelles}, {Brussels}, {Belgian capital}, {capital of Belgium}] Brussels \Brussels\ prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949,070 (metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. [PJC] {Brussels carpet}, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern. {Brussels ground}, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads. {Brussels lace}, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground. {Brussels net}, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery. {Brussels point}. See {Point lace}. {Brussels sprouts} (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or "sprouts," each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage. {Brussels wire ground}, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched. [1913 Webster] Brussels, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 141 Housing Units (2000): 70 Land area (2000): 0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km) FIPS code: 09148 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 38.947275 N, 90.588630 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Brussels, IL Brussels
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