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Greenland

英美 ['grinlənd]

解释

n. 格陵兰（北美东北的一大岛名，属丹麦）

※ 提供单词"Greenland"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

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 kallaði Groenland, ok kvað menn þat myndu fysa þangat farar, at landit ætti nafn gott. [Islendingabok, 1122-1133]
See green (adj.) + land (n.). Related: Greenlander; Greenlandish.

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例句和用法

1. Africa is a continent, but Greenland is not.: 非洲是大陆, 而格陵兰不是.

2. That is more than the gross national product of Greenland.: 这笔花销超过了格陵兰的年国民生产总值.

3. When does the first ship leave Greenland in the spring?: 开春以后,第一班离开格陵兰的客船是什么时候?

4. The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso recently visited Greenland.: 欧洲委员会的主席荷西,最近也去了格林兰岛.

5. The island of Greenland gives us a good example of climatic change.: 格陵兰岛给我们一个气候变化的好例子.