Carolina

英 [,k?r?'la?n?] 美

暢通詞匯

Carolina是17世紀(jì)初，殖民者根據(jù)英國查理一世國王的名字Charles的拉丁文寫法Carlus，結(jié)合英文習(xí)慣改寫而來的。

Carolina: 1663, North American colony named for King Charles II (the Latin form of the male proper name is Carolus). Earlier French colonists called the region Caroline (1564) in honor of Charles IX, King of France. A 1629 grant here by Charles I of England was named Carolana. The original site of the name is modern South Carolina and the tract originally included North Carolina and Georgia; North Carolina first used 1691, in reference to settlements made from Virginia. The official division into north and south dates from 1710. Used generically in forming species names in botany and zoology from 1734.

1. 170-mile-an-hour winds were clocked on a mountaintop in North Carolina.: 在北卡羅來納州一處山頂測得的風(fēng)速為每小時170英里。

2. The NCAA basketball championship was won by North Carolina.: 北卡羅來納大學(xué)在美國大學(xué)籃球聯(lián)賽中奪魁。

3. North Carolina is classed as an agricultural state.: 北卡羅來納州是農(nóng)業(yè)州.

4. After the fire, it was revealed that North Carolina officials had never inspected the factory.: 大火過后人們發(fā)現(xiàn)北卡羅來納州的官員從沒對這家工廠進(jìn)行過檢查。

5. For the past two decades, North Carolina taxed cigarettes at a mere 2 cents a packet.: 過去20年里，北卡羅來納州的香煙稅僅為每包2美分。