Kuwait

• n. 科威特（西南亚国家，首都科威特）

英文词源

Kuwait

Persian Gulf country, named for its capital city (said to have been founded in current form 1705), which is from Arabic al-kuwayt, diminutive of kut, a word used in southern Iraq and eastern Arabia for a fortress-like house surrounded by a settlement and protected by encircling water, and said to be ultimately from Persian. Related: Kuwaiti.

双语例句

1. The war began with overnight air raids on Baghdad and Kuwait.

战争以对巴格达和科威特的夜间空袭开始。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state.

这场大火使科威特的石油产业陷入悲惨的境地。

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3. Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.

科威特有很多宽阔的高速公路是阿特金斯集团设计建造的。

来自柯林斯例句

4. In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day.

1989年，科威特每天出口150万桶石油。

来自柯林斯例句

5. the Emir of Kuwait

科威特的埃米尔

来自《权威词典》