Texas
['teksəs]
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Texas，又譯德克薩斯州。西班牙殖民者最初到達此地，向印第安人打聽這裏屬於哪個部落，而得到的回答則是Texia。Texia在當地語言的本意為”友好的“。那些印第安人以此來表明自己並不是和歐洲人敵對的阿帕奇部落。西班牙人誤以為這是部落名，因此將此地稱作Texia，後訛作Texas。
英文詞源
- Texas
- Mexican province, briefly an independent nation and now a U.S. state, from Spanish Texas, Tejas, earlier pronounced "ta-shas," originally an ethnic name, from Caddo (eastern Texas Indian tribe) taysha "friends, allies," written by the Spanish as a plural. Related: Texan. Baseball Texas-leaguer "ball popped up just over the head of the infielders and falling too close for outfielders to catch" is recorded from 1905, named for the minor league that operated in Texas from 1902 (one theory is that outfielders played unusually deep in Texas because hit balls bounced hard off the hard, sun-baked ground).
雙語例句
- 1. I left Texas and said good riddance to all that.
- 我離開了得克薩斯州，總算擺脫了那裏的一切。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Texas has a long history of trade with Mexico.
- 得克薩斯州與墨西哥的貿易往來曆史悠久。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He learned this song as an inmate at a Texas prison.
- 他在得克薩斯監獄服刑時學會了這首歌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There are plans to rebrand many Texas stores.
- 有計劃要重塑得克薩斯州諸多門店的品牌形象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Bob Wilson is a Southerner, from Texas.
- 鮑勃·威爾遜是南方人，來自得克薩斯州。
來自柯林斯例句