Sicily
英 ['sisili]
美
- n. 西西里島（意大利一島名）
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- Sicily
- island off the southwest tip of Italy, from Latin Sicilia, from Greek Sikelia, from Sikeloi (plural) "Sicilians," from the name of an ancient people living along the Tiber, whence part of them emigrated to the island that was thereafter named for them. The Greeks distinguished Sikeliotes "a Greek colonist in Sicily" from Sikelos "a native Sicilian." Related: Sicilian.
雙語例句
- 1. A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.
- 今日凌晨意大利西西里島發(fā)生強地震。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He also claimed the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily.
- 他還聲明擁有那不勒斯和西西里王國.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 文明史
- 3. Twenty minutes later he was on an Italian freighter slated for Sicily.
- 二十分鐘之后,他登上了一艘開往西西里的意大利貨輪.
來自教父部分
- 4. In Sicily there was no surer road to death.
- 邁克爾冷冰冰他說,“眼下不去.
來自教父部分
- 5. In Sicily the peasant does not live on the land he cultivates.
- 在西西里,農(nóng)民一般都不單獨住在自己耕種的土地上,因為這太危險.
來自教父部分