解释
- n. 卧车；铂尔曼（雅高旗下一个新的五星级酒店品牌）
※ 提供单词"Pullman"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。
中文词源
Pullman 普尔曼豪华火车车厢
来自该种火车车厢设计者19世纪美国发明家George Pullman.其名字字面意思可能为车夫。
英文词源
- Pullman (n.)
- sleeping car on a passenger train, 1867, Pullman car, in recognition of U.S. inventor George M. Pullman (1831-1897) of Chicago, who designed a railroad car with folding berths.
The Pullman Sleeping Car.--"The Western World." This splendid specimen of car architecture, being one of a number of sleeping-cars to be completed for the Michigan Central road, by Mr. Pullman, has created a great sensation among railway circles east. ... The car itself is admitted by all who have seen it to be, in the matter of sleeping and cooking accessories, and superb finish, the ne plus ultra of perfection. Nothing before has been seen to equal, much less surpass it. ["Western Railroad Gazette," Chicago, quoted in "Appleton's Illustrated Railway and Steam Navigation Guide," New York, June, 1867]
例句和用法
- 1. He bought two tickets and Pullman berths.
- 他买了两张车票加头等卧铺票.
- 2. There is no smug pullman attached to the train.
- 这列客车上没有挂上豪华的高级卧铺车厢.
- 3. Nobody regards Pullman as a real home.
- 没有一个人把普尔曼城看成是自己真正的家.
- 4. It was a pleasure to meet you during your visit to Pullman.
- 非常高兴能在你视察普尔曼期间见到你.
- 5. Pullman is a new hotel brand with new attitude to travel.
- 铂尔曼是诠释全新态度旅行的新酒店品牌.
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