单词 | 育空河 |
释义 | 〔preacher〕River navigation in America has its own lexicon,including words for hazards encountered in riverboat travel.Large uprooted trees that had drifted down the river and become stuck in the riverbedwere sometimes known by their peculiar and dangerous characteristics.John McPhee writes for theNew Yorker : "One kind . . . known as asawyer, sawed up and down with the vagaries of the current . . .In the Yukon River, such logs—eternally bowing—are known aspreachers. In the Mississippi . . . they were allsnags. ” 在美国内河航运业有它自己的专门词汇,包括用于表示船只在航行中所遇危险的词。一些被连根拔起的大树沿河漂流而下并且固着在河床上,它们都因奇特及危险的特性而为人所知。约翰·麦克菲曾在纽约人 中写道: “有一种…被称为 sawyer (漂流木), 随着水流的变化擦来擦去…在育空河里,这种整日里打躬的木头被叫做沉木 。 在密西西比河中…它们都被称为水中沉树 ” 〔Koyukuk〕A river, about 805 km (500 mi) long, of northern Alaska flowing generally southwest from the Brooks Range to the Yukon River.科尤库克河:美国阿拉斯加北部一河流,流程约805公里(500英里),大致从布鲁克斯山脉向西南流入育空河〔Pelly〕A river, about 531 km (330 mi) long, of central Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing generally northwest to the Yukon River.佩利河:加拿大育空地区中部的一条流程约531公里(330英里)的河流,大体向西北汇入育空河〔Tanana〕A river of eastern and southern Alaska flowing about 764 km (475 mi) from the Wrangell Mountains northwest to the Yukon River.塔纳纳河:美国阿拉斯加州东部和南部的一条河流,流程约764公里(475英里),从兰格尔山脉向西北注入育空河〔Dawson〕A town of western Yukon Territory, Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers. A boom town during the Klondike gold rush of the late 1890's, it was the territorial capital from 1898 to 1951. Population, 697.道森:加拿大育空地区西部一城镇,位于育空河和克朗代克河的汇合处。十九纪九十年代末,克朗代克淘金热时期的一新兴城镇,从1898年到1951年是该地区的首府,人口697〔Whitehorse〕The capital and largest city of Yukon Territory, Canada, in the southern part of the territory on the Yukon River. It was an important trading center during the Klondike gold rush (1897-1898) and has been the territorial capital since 1952. Population, 14,814.怀特霍斯:加拿大育空地区的首府及最大城市,位于育空河岸地带的南部。在克朗代克淘金热中(1897年-1898年)为重要贸易中心,自1952年来该城市成为此地区首府。人口14,814 |
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