Gibraltar
英 [dʒi'brɔ:ltə]
美
英文词源
- Gibraltar
- 1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik "the Mountain of Tarik," hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impregnability by 1856. Formerly also the name of a kind of rock-candy (1831).
双语例句
- 1. Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.
- 直布罗陀是地中海的要冲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
- 直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. This ship calls at Gibraltar on the way to Port Said.
- 这艘船在去赛保港的途中停靠直布罗陀.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Gibraltar has been called the key to the Mediterranean.
- 直布罗陀一直被称做地中海的门户.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The Rock of Gibraltar is honeycombed with caves.
- 直布罗陀岩山上有许多洞穴.
来自辞典例句
