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 re·gion /ˈriʤən/
 區,層區,區域,區域,地方,地區,領域,範圍; (在BBS網絡中,對各BBS站所在位置及其權責規定的名稱)

 re·gion /ˈrɪʤən/ 名詞

 region
 區域

 region
 區域

 Re·gion n.
 1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
 If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,
 Or unknown region.   --Milton.
 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. “Though the fork invade the region of my heart.”
    Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis.   --Luke iii. 1.
 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.]
 Anon the dreadful thunder
 Doth rend the region.   --Shak.
 4. The inhabitants of a district.
 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.]
    He is of too high a region.   --Shak.
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 region
      n 1: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming
           regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the
           world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: part]
      2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is
         supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal
         region" [syn: area]
      3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
         "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
      4: the approximate amount of something (usually used
         prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going
         to take in the region of two or three months to finish the
         job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" [syn: neighborhood]
      5: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are
         communicating about; "it was a limited domain of
         discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the
         realm of the occult" [syn: domain, realm]