Pennsylvania
英 美[,p?ns?l've?nj?]
- n. 賓夕法尼亞州（美國(guó)州名）
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貴格會(huì)的領(lǐng)袖威廉·賓率先開發(fā)這片位于東海岸的樹林，并將其命名為Pennsylvania。其中Penn為威廉·賓的姓氏，而Sylvania意為“樹林”。連起來(lái)就是“賓家的樹林”。而Penn最初來(lái)自于威爾士語(yǔ)，有”高地“的意思，因此Pennsylvania也可以理解為“高處的樹林”。由于賓夕法尼亞西部位于阿巴拉契亞山以及阿勒格尼高原，因此這里形成了一個(gè)很巧的一語(yǔ)雙關(guān)。
英文詞源
- Pennsylvania
- American colony, later U.S. state, 1681, literally "Penn's Woods," a hybrid formed from the surname Penn (Welsh, literally "head") + Latin sylvania (see sylvan). Not named for William Penn, the proprietor, but, on suggestion of Charles II, for Penn's late father, Admiral William Penn (1621-1670), who had lent the king the money that was repaid to the son in the form of land for a Quaker settlement in America. The story goes that the younger Penn wanted to call it New Wales, but the king's secretary, a Welshman of orthodox religion, wouldn't hear of it. Pennsylvania Dutch is attested from 1824.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 他們一起就讀于賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their two children were immigrants to Northern Ireland from Pennsylvania.
- 他們的兩個(gè)孩子是從賓夕法尼亞州移民到北愛爾蘭的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
- 閱兵隊(duì)列沿賓夕法尼亞大道緩慢而莊嚴(yán)地行進(jìn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.
- 來(lái)自賓夕法尼亞州和紐約州的共和黨人預(yù)感到勝利在望。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I went to work as a painter in my hometown, Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.
- 我在家鄉(xiāng)賓夕法尼亞州的納特羅納海茨當(dāng)了個(gè)油漆匠。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句