| 单词 | 维苏威 |
| 释义 | 〔lava〕Lava was appropriately named by people living near Mount Vesuvius.The only active volcano on the European mainland, Vesuvius has erupted frequently since Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by it ina.d. 79. The Neapolitans who lived in the vicinity took a word in Italian,lava, meaning "a stream caused suddenly by rain,” and applied it to the streams of molten rock coming down the sides of Vesuvius. The term was then taken into Standard Italian,where it came to mean the rock in both its molten and its solidified states.The Italian word in all its senses was borrowed into English around the middle of the 18th century (1750 being the earliest date of record).火山岩这一恰当的名称是由生活在维苏威火山附近的居民命名的。维苏威火山是欧洲大陆唯一的活火山，自从公元 79年庞贝和赫库兰尼姆被它埋没以来，它一直频繁爆发。 生活在附近的那不勒斯人用意大利语中的一个单词lava 指代从维苏威火山上流淌下来的熔化岩石流，而这个词的本意是“由雨水骤然形成的溪流”。 这一词语被纳入标准意大利语，意为处于熔化或凝固状态的岩石。大约在18世纪中期，这一意大利单词和其含义都被借用到英语之中（最早的记录见于1750年）〔Pompeii〕An ancient city of southern Italy southeast of Naples. Founded in the sixth or early fifth centuryb.c. , it was a Roman colony by 80 b.c. and became a prosperous port and resort with many noted villas, temples, theaters, and baths. Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79. The incredibly well-preserved ruins were rediscovered in 1748 and have been extensively excavated. 庞培：意大利南部的一座古城，位于那不勒斯东南。建立于公元前 6世纪或5世纪早期，直到 公元前 八十年，它一直是古罗马的殖民地，因有许多著名的别墅、庙宇、剧院和浴池而成为一个繁荣的港口和度假胜地。 公元 79年，庞培在维苏威火山的一次喷发中被摧毁。1748年，它难以置信地发现其完好保存的废墟被重新，而后大量地被挖掘 〔Herculaneum〕An ancient city of south-central Italy on the Bay of Naples. A popular resort during Roman times, it was completely destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (a.d. 79). Important ruins have been unearthed since the early 1700's. 赫库兰尼姆：意大利中南部的一座古城，位于那不勒斯湾畔。罗马时代为颇受欢迎的旅游胜地，公元 79年被维苏威火山喷发完全摧毁。从18世纪早期以来，该城重要遗迹被挖掘出来 |
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