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Liverpool

英 ['livəpu:l] 美

解释

n. 利物浦

※ 提供单词"Liverpool"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

Liverpool: English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water," from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.

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例句和用法

1. Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.: 利物浦是靠奴隶贸易肥起来的。

2. His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes.: 他的缺阵将是对利物浦队夺冠希望的致命打击。

3. We've been on a bit of a downer since the Liverpool game.: 自从利物浦比赛以来，我们一直有点沮丧。

4. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.: 我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。

5. Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool.: 哀悼者准备在利物浦筹备举行一次烛光祈祷。