Vesuvius
[vi'su:vjəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944.
手打:玛吉--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- It is from the Hermitage, there on the side of Vesuvius, that one should see Naples and die. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- To see Naples as we saw it in the early dawn from far up on the side of Vesuvius, is to see a picture of wonderful beauty. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- So was Vesuvius, replied Crispin coolly, and that mountain in New Zealand—Tarawera, was it not? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The Vesuvius of today is a very poor affair compared to the mighty volcano of Kilauea, in the Sandwich Islands, but I am glad I visited it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He and George had been most intimate at Naples and had gone up Vesuvius together. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I'll partake of no one's hospitality, until I have--a--moved Mount Vesuvius--to eruption--on--a--the abandoned rascal--HEEP! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Hall next experimented with lava f rom Vesuvius, Etna, Iceland, and elsewhere, and found that it behaved like whinstone. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The passengers probably spend the long, blazing days looking out from under the awnings at Vesuvius and the beautiful city--and in swearing. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- For the present Lord Steyne lives at Naples, preferring the view of the Bay and Capri and Vesuvius to the dreary aspect of the wall in Gaunt Square. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- We were just about to go to bed early in the evening, and catch up on some of the sleep we had lost, when we heard of this Vesuvius expedition. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I exploded one mighty cough, and it was as if Vesuvius had let go. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
校對:奥斯瓦德