Columbus

英[kə'lʌmbəs] 美
  • n. 哥伦布(美国一座城市);哥伦布(意大利航海家)

英文词源


Columbus
his name is Latinized from his native Italian Cristoforo Colombo, in Spanish Christobal Colon.
America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else, and most of the exploration for the next fifty years was done in the hope of getting through or around it. [S.E. Morison, "The Oxford History of the United States," 1965]

双语例句


1. Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria.
克里斯托弗·哥伦布从圣玛丽亚启航前往新大陆。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Building a memorial to Columbus has been his lifelong dream.
为哥伦布建一座纪念碑是他一生的梦想。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage to America
哥伦布航海到达美洲的500周年纪念日

来自《权威词典》

4. The apocryphal story of Columbus and the egg is very interesting.
哥伦布竖蛋这个真伪不明的故事十分有趣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Columbus had not realised that this new land was not India.
哥伦布当时还没有认识到这块新大陆不是印度.

来自《简明英汉词典》