Douglas
['dʌɡləs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861).
編輯:谢尔顿--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Rawlins, an elector on the Douglas ticket. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Douglas Kinnaird kept up his character the whole of the evening, and contributed much to our amusement during supper. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- In July, 1916, Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander-in-chief, began a great offensive which failed to break through the German line. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He was also a candidate for elector on the Douglas ticket. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Douglas, who had no possible chance of election. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Douglas Kinnaird was unfeelingly severe on almost everybody in their turn. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Pennington, among clergymen, Douglas and Ward, among editors, are well known instances. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- To prevent the market from being overstocked, too, they have sometimes, in plentiful years, we are told by Dr Douglas {Douglas's Summary, vol. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A saw which planes, as well as severs, is shown in patents to Douglass, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Nicholas Douglass, however, invented a new system of dovetailing, and great improvements have been made in the system of illuminating. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
校對:斯宾塞