• n. 束；大片土地，地帶；小冊(cè)子
• n. (Tract)人名；(英)特拉克特

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tractus,跑道，路徑，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) trahere,拖，拉，使移動(dòng)，來(lái)自 PIE*tragh,拖，拉， 使移動(dòng)，來(lái)自 PIE*dhragh,拉，拉出，詞源同 draw,tract.引申詞義一片土地，地帶，道，束等。

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tractare,處理，操縱，對(duì)待，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) trahere 的反復(fù)格動(dòng)詞形式，詞源同

tract (n.1)

"area," mid-15c., "period or lapse of time," from Latin tractus "track, course, space, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere "to pull, draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cognates: Slovenian trag "trace, track," Middle Irish tragud "ebb;" perhaps with a variant form *dhragh-; see drag (v.)). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded 1550s. Specific U.S. sense of "plot of land for development" is recorded from 1912; tract housing attested from 1953.

tract (n.2)

"little book, treatise" mid-12c., probably a shortened form of Latin tractatus "a handling, treatise, treatment," from tractare "to handle" (see treat (v.)). Related: Tractarian.

1. A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract.

感冒是上呼吸道的感染。

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2. Water is ideal to flush the kidneys and the urinary tract.

用水清洗腎臟和尿道最理想不過(guò)。

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3. She produced a feminist tract, "Comments on Birth-Control", in 1930.

她1930年寫了篇女性主義的短文《論節(jié)育》。

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4. A vast tract of land is ready for development.

一大片廣闊的土地可待開發(fā)。

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5. Foods are broken down in the digestive tract.

食物在消化道里分解。

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