Burton
['bɜːt(ə)n] or ['bɝtn]
解释:
(noun.) a strong dark English ale.
(noun.) Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984).
(noun.) English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890).
桃瑞丝整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
编辑:洛娜
解释:
n. a tackle variously used.
整理:罗莎
例句:
- Burton's Historical Collections_; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I have admired to see that in the last century a folio, _Burton on Melancholy_, went through six editions in about forty years. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I was bred in the convent of St Withold of Burton, answered Cedric. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
整理:劳埃德