Britannia
[bri'tænjə]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.
整理:泰勒
例句/造句/用法:
- The Britannia Bridge was commenced in May, 1846, and the first of the main tubes was completed in June, 1849. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Whereupon Gurt, in a raucous voice, struck up, Rule, Britannia, much to the amusement of Justinian. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He desired them to play Rule, Britannia! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Leinster proposed giving me _Rule Britannia_ on my arrival, and promised everything I could wish. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It might have been Rule Britannia,' muttered Eugene, 'but it wasn't. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The total length of the structure from end to end is 2,240 feet,--very nearly half a mile, and 300 feet longer than the entire stretch of the Britannia Bridge. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- If you do, I will sing 'Rule Britannia,' said Maurice, laughing. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Britannia metal, every spoon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But they're Britannia metal. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The height of the central pier of the Britannia Bridge, from the foundation to the top, is 230 feet; and the height of the roadway above high water mark is 104 feet. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The Britannia Bridge, across the Menai Straits, was a triumphant response to the call for a new kind of suspended roadway adapted to the requirements of railways. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In constructing the Britannia Bridge, Mr. Stephenson took advantage of a rock midway from shore to shore, whereon to erect the central pier. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
整理:泰勒