解释
- n. 幼发拉底河（位于亚洲）
※ 提供单词"Euphrates"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- Euphrates
- Mesopotamian river, arising in Armenia and flowing to the Persian Gulf, Old English Eufrate, from Greek Euphrates, from Old Persian Ufratu, perhaps from Avestan huperethuua "good to cross over," from hu- "good" + peretu- "ford." But Kent says "probably a popular etymologizing in O.P. of a local non-Iranian name" ["Old Persian," p.176]. In Akkadian, purattu. Related: Euphratean.
例句和用法
- 1. Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
- 土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。
- 2. Fishermen in the Hafar Canal , a shallow tributary of the Euphrates River.
- 渔夫在幼发拉底河一条狭窄的水道——哈法尔水道中.
- 3. Water Gulf region, Iraq has the Euphrates and Tigris in Mesopotamia.
- 海湾地区缺水, 伊拉克却拥有幼发拉底河与底格里斯的两河流域.
- 4. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
- 第4道河名叫幼发拉底河.
- 5. Caption: Canoes along the shallow Euphrates.
- 描述: 幼发拉底河浅滩边的独木舟.
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