a journal or newspaper, especially the official one of an organization or institution (尤指组织或机构的官方)杂志,报纸 ■(historical)a news-sheet (史)(单张)报纸;通讯
verb
(Brit.)[with obj.]announce or publish in an official gazette (英)在官方报纸上宣布(或公布) we will need to gazette the bill if a decision cannot be reached imminently. 如果无法立刻作出决定的话,我们就要在报纸上公布这个议案了。 [as adj. gazetted]a gazetted holiday. 公共假日。 ■[with obj. and adverbial]publish the fact of the appointment of (someone) to a military or other official post 公布(军职或其他官职的)任命 Lewis was gazetted to the Somerset Light Infantry. 据公布,刘易斯被派到萨默塞特轻步兵团任职。
语源
early 17th cent.: via French from Italian gazzetta, originally Venetian gazeta de la novità 'a halfpennyworth of news' (because the news-sheet sold for a gazeta, a Venetian coin of small value)