单词 | Coventry |
释义 | Coventryn. 考文垂相关词组:send sb to Coventry Coventry 1 Coventry 1 AHD: [k¾v“¹n-tr¶] D.J. [6kJv!ntri8]K.K. [6kJv!ntri]NONE(无词性)1. A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 1940). Population, 318,600.考文垂市:英格兰中部城市,位于伯明翰东南偏东。因是11世纪戈黛娃夫人的家乡而著名,二战中(1940年11月),考文垂受到空袭的极严重破坏。人口318,6002. A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in 1643 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population, 31,083.考文垂镇:罗得岛州中西部一镇,在普罗维登斯西南部。1643年有移民到这里,在此之前是著名饰带制造中心。人口31,083 Coventry 2 Coventry 2 AHD: [k¾v“…n-tr¶] D.J. [6kJv*ntri8]K.K. [6kJv*ntri]n.(名词)A state of ostracism or exile:放逐,流放:放逐或流放的状态:“It's not that smoke-filled rooms are back; smokers huddle in Coventry these days”(&b{Flora Lewis})“烟雾迷漫的房间不会再回来了;吸烟者现在都被驱逐了”(弗洛拉·刘易斯)语源:After Coventry 1[England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War)] 源自 Coventry1[英格兰(大概因为英国内战期间保王党囚犯被流放到那里)] |
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