Victoria

[vɪk'tɔːrɪə] or [vɪk'torɪə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

(noun.) a state in southeastern Australia.

(noun.) port city and the capital of Seychelles.

(noun.) a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio.

(noun.) a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally.

(noun.) (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike.

(noun.) queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901).

整理:彼得--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.

(n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.

(n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.

整理:萨莎

解釋/意思:

n. a genus of gigantic aquatic plants of the water-lily family native to South America its one species Victoria regia named after Queen Victoria: a low light four-wheeled carriage seating two having a calash top.—adj. Victō′rian relating to the reign of Queen Victoria which began in 1837: relating to the colony of Victoria in Australia.—Victoria cross a decoration consisting of a bronze Maltese cross founded by Queen Victoria in 1856 and awarded for conspicuous bravery on the field.

手打:玛丽安