Gibraltar

英 [dʒi'brɔ:ltə]美
  • n. 直布罗陀（海峡）；冰砂糖
畅通词汇

英文词源

Gibraltar
1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik "the Mountain of Tarik," hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impregnability by 1856. Formerly also the name of a kind of rock-candy (1831).

双语例句

1. Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.
直布罗陀是地中海的要冲.
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2. The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉.
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3. This ship calls at Gibraltar on the way to Port Said.
这艘船在去赛保港的途中停靠直布罗陀.
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4. Gibraltar has been called the key to the Mediterranean.
直布罗陀一直被称做地中海的门户.
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5. The Rock of Gibraltar is honeycombed with caves.
直布罗陀岩山上有许多洞穴.
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