Caucasus
英 美 [ˈkɔkəsəs]
- n. 高加索(俄羅斯南部地區,位於黑海和裏海之間,等於Caucasia);高加索山脈(等於the Caucasus Mountains)
英文詞源
- Caucasus (n.)
- mountain range between Europe and the Middle East, from Latin Caucasus, from Greek kaukasis, said by Pliny ("Natural History," book six, chap. XVII) to be from a Scythian word similar to kroy-khasis, literally "(the mountain) ice-shining, white with snow." But possibly from a Pelasgian root *kau- meaning "mountain."
雙語例句
- 1. The Russian leader says problems in the Caucasus region are systemic.
- 這位俄羅斯總統稱,高級所地區的問題是有係統的.
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- 2. Armenia is a land - locked country located in Eurasia's Southern Caucasus mountain range.
- 亞美尼亞是位於歐亞大陸南高加索山脈的內陸國.
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- 3. Kovalevsky was himself able to prove its existence in the Caucasus.
- 在高加索,柯瓦列夫斯基本人就可以證明這種家庭公社的存在.
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- 4. Violence has flared elsewhere in the north Caucasus since October.
- 自從去年10月份以來,暴力活動就有愈演愈烈之勢.
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- 5. The problems of the Caucasus region cannot be solved by force.
- 高加索地區的問題不能靠武力解決.
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