Gibraltar
英 [dʒi'brɔ:ltə]
美
英文詞源
- Gibraltar
- 1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik "the Mountain of Tarik," hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impregnability by 1856. Formerly also the name of a kind of rock-candy (1831).
雙語例句
- 1. Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.
- 直布羅陀是地中海的要衝.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
- 直布羅陀海峽是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. This ship calls at Gibraltar on the way to Port Said.
- 這艘船在去賽保港的途中停靠直布羅陀.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Gibraltar has been called the key to the Mediterranean.
- 直布羅陀一直被稱做地中海的門戶.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The Rock of Gibraltar is honeycombed with caves.
- 直布羅陀岩山上有許多洞穴.
來自辭典例句