Detroit
英 [di'tr?it]
美
- n. 底特律（美國一座城市）
暢通詞匯
助記提示
密歇根州的最大城市，汽車之城。字面意思是“水道”或“海峽”。底特律瀕臨圣克萊爾湖和伊利湖之間的狹長水道，因此得名。
英文詞源
- Detroit
- city in Michigan, U.S., from French détroit, literally "straits," from Old French destreit (12c.), from Latin districtum, neuter of districtus. French fort built there 1701. By 1918 the city name was synonymous with "U.S. automobile manufacturing."
雙語例句
- 1. The Red Sox lost the pennant to Detroit by a single game.
- 紅襪隊以一場之差將冠軍輸給了底特律隊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was drafted last autumn by the Detroit Lions.
- 他去年秋天被底特律雄獅隊選作隊員了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.
- 他不再滿意底特律的生活，想要過加利福尼亞那種刺激快樂的生活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. " I fear both the Tigers of Detroit and the Indians of Cleveland.
- “ 我擔心底特律老虎隊,也擔心克利夫蘭印第安人隊. ”
來自英漢文學 - 老人與海
- 5. " Have I much time to catch that train for Detroit ? "
- “ 我能趕上去 底特律 的火車 嗎 ?
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹