Cheshire
英 ['t?e??]
美
- n. 柴郡（英國一郡名）
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- Cheshire
- 1086, Cestre Scire, from Chester + scir "district" (see shire). Cheshire cat and its proverbial grin are attested from 1770, but the signification is obscure.
I made a pun the other day, and palmed it upon Holcroft, who grinned like a Cheshire cat. (Why do cats grin in Cheshire?--Because it was once a county palatine, and the cats cannot help laughing whenever they think of it, though I see no great joke in it.) I said that Holcroft, on being asked who were the best dramatic writers of the day, replied, "HOOK AND I." Mr Hook is author of several pieces, Tekeli, &c. You know what hooks and eyes are, don't you? They are what little boys do up their breeches with. [Charles Lamb, letter to Thomas Manning, Feb. 26, 1808]
雙語例句
- 1. He had a grin on his face like a Cheshire Cat.
- 他咧著嘴笑呵呵的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I had motored down from Cheshire.
- 我從柴郡一路南下開過來。
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- 3. Cheshire has promised a more detailed plan by next month.
- 柴什承諾下個月將有更詳細的方案出爐.
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- 4. It's a Cheshire cat,'said the Duchess ,'and that's why.
- “ 請允許我介紹,這是我的朋友——柴郡貓. ” 愛麗絲說.
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- 5. Then, to her surprise, she noticed the Cheshire cat again.
- 然后, 令她吃驚的是, 她又看到了柴郡貓.
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