Calais
['kælei]
解释:
(noun.) a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558.
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例句:
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- He had seen the prisoner show these identical lists to French gentlemen at Calais, and similar lists to French gentlemen, both at Calais and Boulogne. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Inquiring after him at night, Mr Flintwinch found, with surprise, that he had paid his bill and gone back to the Continent by way of Calais. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Arthur Clennam had made his unavailing expedition to Calais in the midst of a great pressure of business. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Introduces the next The passengers were landing from the packet on the pier at Calais. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It were no mighty leap methinks from Calais to Dover. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Our horses had become, through their long holiday, almost wild, and we crossed the plain round Calais with impetuous speed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The first attempt to establish a submarine circuit between Dover and Calais took place on the 28th of August, 1850. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- I never, he declared with intensity, was more nearly frozen than once, in April, in the train between Calais and Paris. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Another day's sun saw him at Calais. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Off that place, one of the three had inquired at what time they would reach Calais. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Adrian and his division, consisting in all of five hundred persons, were to take the direction of Dover and Calais. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- He had asked the prisoner, aboard the Calais packet, if he wanted a handy fellow, and the prisoner had engaged him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- When we arrived at Calais to cross over, everybody made for the restaurant. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- France was a blank; during the long line of road from Calais to Paris not one human being was found. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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