Pennsylvania
英 美 [,pɛnsəl'veɪnjə]
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貴格會的領袖威廉·賓率先開發這片位於東海岸的樹林，並將其命名為Pennsylvania。其中Penn為威廉·賓的姓氏，而Sylvania意為“樹林”。連起來就是“賓家的樹林”。而Penn最初來自於威爾士語，有”高地“的意思，因此Pennsylvania也可以理解為“高處的樹林”。由於賓夕法尼亞西部位於阿巴拉契亞山以及阿勒格尼高原，因此這裏形成了一個很巧的一語雙關。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 他們一起就讀於賓夕法尼亞大學。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their two children were immigrants to Northern Ireland from Pennsylvania.
- 他們的兩個孩子是從賓夕法尼亞州移民到北愛爾蘭的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
- 閱兵隊列沿賓夕法尼亞大道緩慢而莊嚴地行進。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.
- 來自賓夕法尼亞州和紐約州的共和黨人預感到勝利在望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I went to work as a painter in my hometown, Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.
- 我在家鄉賓夕法尼亞州的納特羅納海茨當了個油漆匠。
來自柯林斯例句