Liverpool
英 ['livəpu:l]
美
英文詞源
- Liverpool
- English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water," from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.
雙語例句
- 1. Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.
- 利物浦是靠奴隸貿易肥起來的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes.
- 他的缺陣將是對利物浦隊奪冠希望的致命打擊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We've been on a bit of a downer since the Liverpool game.
- 自從利物浦比賽以來，我們一直有點沮喪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
- 我的一個朋友在利物浦隊踢過球。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool.
- 哀悼者準備在利物浦籌備舉行一次燭光祈禱。
來自柯林斯例句