Greenland
英 美['grinl?nd]
- n. 格陵蘭（北美東北的一大島名，屬丹麥）
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- Greenland
- translating Old Norse Groenland, so named by its discoverer (986 C.E.) because "it would induce settlers to go there, if the land had a good name":
Hann gaf nafn landinu ok kallaei Groenland, ok kvae menn tat myndu fysa tangat farar, at landit ?tti nafn gott. [Islendingabok, 1122-1133]
See green (adj.) + land (n.). Related: Greenlander; Greenlandish.
雙語例句
- 1. Africa is a continent, but Greenland is not.
- 非洲是大陸, 而格陵蘭不是.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. That is more than the gross national product of Greenland.
- 這筆花銷超過了格陵蘭的年國民生產(chǎn)總值.
來自百科語句
- 3. When does the first ship leave Greenland in the spring?
- 開春以后,第一班離開格陵蘭的客船是什么時(shí)候?
來自電影對白
- 4. The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso recently visited Greenland.
- 歐洲委員會的主席荷西,最近也去了格林蘭島.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. The island of Greenland gives us a good example of climatic change.
- 格陵蘭島給我們一個氣候變化的好例子.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)