Chautauqua

英 [tʃɔː'tɔːkwə; ʃ-] 美 [ʃə'tɔkwə]
  • n. 夏季教育类户外集会;肖陶扩村

英文词源


Chautauqua
"assembly for popular education," 1873, from town in New York, U.S., where an annual Methodist summer colony featured lectures. The name is from ja'dahgweh, a Seneca (Iroquoian) name, possibly "one has taken out fish there," but an alternative suggested meaning is "raised body."

双语例句


1. The turning point in his life came when Carnegie encountered the Chautauqua movement.
比较:当卡耐基偶然碰上肖托夸夏季教育集会运动,他人生的转折点出现了.

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