tract 音标拼音: [tr'ækt]
n . 广阔的地面,土地,地方,小册子
广阔的地面,土地,地方,小册子
tract n 1 :
an extended area of land [
synonym : {
tract }, {
piece of land },
{
piece of ground }, {
parcel of land }, {
parcel }]
2 :
a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose 3 :
a brief treatise on a subject of interest ;
published in the form of a booklet [
synonym : {
tract }, {
pamphlet }]
4 :
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain [
synonym : {
nerve pathway }, {
tract }, {
nerve tract },
{
pathway }]
Tract \
Tract \,
n . [
Abbrev .
fr .
tractate .]
A written discourse or dissertation ,
generally of short extent ;
a short treatise ,
especially on practical religion .
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The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared . --
Swift .
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{
Tracts for the Times }.
See {
Tractarian }.
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Tract \
Tract \,
n . [
L .
tractus a drawing ,
train ,
track ,
course ,
tract of land ,
from trahere tractum ,
to draw .
Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track .
See {
Trace },
v .,
and cf . {
Tratt }.]
1 .
Something drawn out or extended ;
expanse . "
The deep tract of hell ." --
Milton .
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2 .
A region or quantity of land or water ,
of indefinite extent ;
an area ;
as ,
an unexplored tract of sea .
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A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth . --
Addison .
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3 .
Traits ;
features ;
lineaments . [
Obs .]
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The discovery of a man '
s self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness . --
Bacon .
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4 .
The footprint of a wild beast . [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
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5 .
Track ;
trace . [
Obs .]
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Efface all tract of its traduction . --
Sir T .
Browne .
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But flies an eagle flight ,
bold ,
and forthon ,
Leaving no tract behind . --
Shak .
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6 .
Treatment ;
exposition . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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7 .
Continuity or extension of anything ;
as ,
the tract of speech . [
Obs .] --
Older .
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8 .
Continued or protracted duration ;
length ;
extent .
"
Improved by tract of time ." --
Milton .
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9 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
Verses of Scripture sung at Mass ,
instead of the Alleluia ,
from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter ; --
so called because sung tractim ,
or without a break ,
by one voice ,
instead of by many as in the antiphons .
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Syn :
Region ;
district ;
quarter ;
essay ;
treatise ;
dissertation .
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Tract \
Tract \,
v .
t .
To trace out ;
to track ;
also ,
to draw out ;
to protact . [
Obs .]
--
Spenser . --
B .
Jonson .
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139 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tract ":
acreage ,
amplitude ,
area ,
article ,
assembly -
line housing ,
belt ,
billeting ,
block ,
booklet ,
breadth ,
brochure ,
causerie ,
chapbook ,
circular ,
clearing ,
clos ,
close ,
comic book ,
continuum ,
corn field ,
critique ,
croft ,
cultivated land ,
descant ,
dimension ,
discourse ,
discussion ,
disquisition ,
dissertation ,
district ,
domiciliation ,
doss ,
emptiness ,
empty space ,
enclave ,
essay ,
etude ,
examination ,
excursus ,
expanse ,
expansion ,
exposition ,
extension ,
extent ,
feature ,
field ,
first approach ,
folder ,
footstep ,
forty ,
galactic space ,
hayfield ,
homily ,
hospitality ,
housing ,
housing bill ,
housing development ,
housing problem ,
infinite space ,
interstellar space ,
introductory study ,
kraal ,
leaflet ,
living quarters ,
lodging ,
lodgment ,
lot ,
lower -
income housing ,
lucubration ,
measure ,
memoir ,
monograph ,
morceau ,
note ,
nothingness ,
outer space ,
outline ,
paddy ,
pale ,
pamphlet ,
pandect ,
paper ,
paragraph ,
parcel ,
parcel of land ,
part ,
patch ,
piece ,
piece of land ,
plat ,
plot ,
plot of ground ,
portion ,
preliminary study ,
prolegomenon ,
proportion ,
quad ,
quadrangle ,
quarter ,
quartering ,
real estate ,
region ,
research paper ,
rice paddy ,
screed ,
section ,
sector ,
sermon ,
sketch ,
slum clearance ,
space ,
spatial extension ,
special article ,
sphere ,
spoor ,
spread ,
square ,
step ,
stretch ,
study ,
subdivision ,
superficial extension ,
surface ,
survey ,
term paper ,
territory ,
theme ,
thesis ,
track ,
tractate ,
transient lodging ,
treatise ,
treatment ,
urban renewal ,
vestige ,
void ,
volume ,
wheat field ,
zone
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