(in the UK) a non-metropolitan county (in existence since 1974).
（英国自1974年以来存在的）非大都会郡
Example sentencesExamples
That is why thousands of Tory Party functionaries and supporters in their traditional shire county heartlands have turned their attention to building the Countryside Alliance.
We have got used unfortunately over the years to see the Government dragging funds from the shire counties towards the metropolitan areas - it looks like this is happening again.
This decision limited the extent of transfer of resources from the shire counties to metropolitan districts.
Plans to revive traditional shire county names has received a favourable response in Westmorland.
On three other questions, Wiltshire was the second best shire county, and on two more it came third.
He said: ‘North Yorkshire will continue to be one of the lowest taxing shire counties in England, with only two other county councils having lower tax levels.’
Definition of shire county in US English:
shire county
noun
(in the UK) a nonmetropolitan county (in existence since 1974).
（英国自1974年以来存在的）非大都会郡
Example sentencesExamples
Plans to revive traditional shire county names has received a favourable response in Westmorland.
We have got used unfortunately over the years to see the Government dragging funds from the shire counties towards the metropolitan areas - it looks like this is happening again.
He said: ‘North Yorkshire will continue to be one of the lowest taxing shire counties in England, with only two other county councils having lower tax levels.’
This decision limited the extent of transfer of resources from the shire counties to metropolitan districts.
That is why thousands of Tory Party functionaries and supporters in their traditional shire county heartlands have turned their attention to building the Countryside Alliance.
On three other questions, Wiltshire was the second best shire county, and on two more it came third.