Congo
英 ['kɔŋɡəu]
美
英文詞源
- Congo
- African nation, named for the river that runs through it, which is from a Bantu word meaning "mountains" (i.e., the river that flows from the mountains). As an adjective, Congoese is native English (1797) but has been supplanted by Congolese (1900), from French Congolais.
雙語例句
- 1. He went to the Congo to examine a new volcano.
- 他曾去剛果察看一座新火山.
來自《用法詞典》
- 2. In June, 1960, the Congo was plunged into five years of civil war and political anarchy.
- 1960年的6月，剛果陷入了5年的內戰和政治上的無政府狀態。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Too much rain is the problem of the equatorial lands in the Amazon and Congo basins.
- 雨水過多是亞馬遜河與剛果河流域赤道地區的大問題.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. In 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.
- 1948年他到岡果的基烏湖去觀察一個新的火山,後來他把這座火山命名為基特羅.
來自《用法詞典》
- 5. Belgium sent its troops to Congo, stating that the aim was to protect and evacuate Europeans.
- 比利時派軍隊進入剛果, 聲稱其目的是保護及撤走歐洲人.
來自辭典例句