Peter
['piːtə] or ['pitɚ]
解释:
(noun.) disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope.
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解释:
(n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
(v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
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解释:
v.i. to call for trumps at whist by throwing away a higher card of a suit while holding a smaller.—n. this signal for trumps.
v.i. in mining to become exhausted (with out): (fig.) to lose power or value.
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例句:
- But those who like Peter Featherstone never had a copy of themselves demanded, are the very last to wait for such a request either in prose or verse. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Old Uncle Peter sung both de legs out of dat oldest cheer, last week, suggested Mose. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Den Uncle Peter mus'n't sit in it, cause he al'ays hitches when he gets a singing. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I am glad that Peter is acquainted with the crown soap business, so as to make what is good of the kind. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And how is Abigail Peters? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
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