Wales
[weilz]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria.
校對:杜鲁门--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- We found the hotel and secured rooms, and were happy to know that the Prince of Wales had stopped there once. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I gave Magwitch that caution, said Mr. Jaggers, looking hard at me; I wrote it to New South Wales. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- In many parts of Scotland and Wales it affords none. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I wonder, thought I, what sort of a nightcap the Prince of Wales wears? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Wales, a merchant of Boston, conceived the idea of sending American boot and shoe lasts to Brazil for use in place of their clay models. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- When I was a boy, he says, the Prince of Wales, the late King Edward, came to Canada (1860). 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Of Dolly's journey to Wales with Mr. Scot. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Why, I was first reserve for England against Wales, and I've skippered the 'Varsity all this year. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Yes, I replied, and his name is Provis--from New South Wales. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I wish I had gone into some country place in Wales; this is really terrible,' said he, going up to the window. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
整理:皮尔斯