Birmingham
['bɜ:mɪŋˌhæm] or ['bɝmɪŋˌhæm]
解释:
(noun.) a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center.
(noun.) the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama.
康拉德编辑--From WordNet
例句:
- Here, bending towards Mr. Pickwick, he whispered in a deep, hollow voice, 'A Buff ball, Sir, will take place in Birmingham to-morrow evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The rifle grooves, however, were first made spiral or screwed by Koster, of Birmingham, about 1620, while straight grooves are said to have been in use as far back as 1498. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- He had married a second time, and made a home for his wife and children in Birmingham. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I sat up half the night hugging myself over it, and next day I was off to Birmingham in a train that would take me in plenty time for my appointment. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- In 1636 the pinmakers of London formed a corporation and established the industry of Bristol and Birmingham. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He sent a model of this to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers at Birmingham, of which he was president, together with a report describing it in full. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- This London and Birmingham road, 112 miles long, was opened September 17, 1838. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- As for Robert, from Birmingham he had gone on to London, where he still sojourned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- One factory in Birmingham, England, is said to produce about twelve hundred weekly, and Belgium shares in their manufacture. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Mrs. Nathaniel Winkle, who married the son of the old man at Birmingham? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The industry was not successful, however, till 1836, when the Howe Manufacturing Company was formed at Birmingham, Conn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Two men, Wyatt and Paul, of Birmingham, had earlier built a machine to spin stronger yarn than that usually used, but their machine had shown many defects, and they had abandoned its use. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- His success led him to order certain parts of a steam-engine from the firm of Boulton and Watt in Birmingham, these to be shipped to America. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- While I was in Birmingham I looked a little into reality, considered closely and at their source the causes of the present troubles of this country. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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