单词 | 殖民于 |
释义 | 〔Liverpool〕A borough of northwest England on the Mersey River near its mouth on the Irish Sea. First colonized by Norsemen in the late eighth century, Liverpool received a charter from King John in 1207. Today it is highly industrialized and a major port. Population, 518,900.利物浦:英格兰西北部的一个自治城市,位于默西河汇入爱尔兰海的入海口。8世纪后期古代斯堪的纳维亚人首先殖民于此,1207年利物浦从国王约翰那里获取特权。今天它是高度发达的重要港口。人口518,900〔colonize〕To form or establish a colony or colonies in.殖民:组建殖民地或殖民于…〔tule〕Low, swampy land istules or tule land in the parlance of northern California. When the Spanish colonized Mexico and Central America,they borrowed from the native inhabitants the Nahuatl wordtollin, "bulrush.” The English-speaking settlers of the West in turn borrowed the Spanish wordtule to refer to certain varieties of bulrushes native to California.Eventually the meaning of the word was extended to the marshy land where the bulrushes grew.北加利福尼亚的说法中,潮湿洼地叫做tules 或 tule land 。 当西班牙人殖民于墨西哥和中美洲时,他们从土著居民那里借来了那瓦特语tollin (“灯心草”)。 接着西方讲英语的定居者又借用了西班牙语tule , 用来表示原产于加利福尼亚的各种灯芯草。最后该词的意义又扩展到这种灯芯草所生长的沼泽地〔Sarnia〕A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, at the southern end of Lake Huron west of London. Settled by the French in 1807 and the British in 1833, it is a port and manufacturing center. Population, 50,892.萨尼亚:加拿大安大略省东南部一城市,位于休伦湖南端,伦敦以西。法国人于1807年,英国人于1833年分别殖民于此。它现在是一个港口和制造中心。人口50,892 |
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