Washington
['wɔʃɪŋtən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791.
(noun.) a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
(noun.) 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).
(noun.) United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915).
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例句/造句/用法:
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The next day, the 3d, I was ordered to Washington. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Then Hubbard discovered a young man in Washington who impressed him as having remarkable executive ability. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He then laid a telegraph from Washington to Baltimore under the auspices of the United States Government, which after long hesitation appropriated $30,000 for the purpose. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Not long ago a prominent senator remarked that he didn't know much about the country, because he had spent the last few months in Washington. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I had said to Halleck that Plymouth and Washington, North Carolina, were unnecessary to hold. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On this same visit to Washington I had my last interview with the President before reaching the James River. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- In Washington he has made his home, and there scientists of all lands call to pay their respects to the patriarch of American inventors. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Of my coming to Washington. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Two years thereafter, Mr. Emile Berliner of Washington had invented the _gramophone_, which consists in etching on a metallic plate the record of voice waves. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Sheridan having left Washington on the 18th, reached Winchester that night. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- In detaching such a force, the brigade of the cavalry now en route from Washington via Rockville may be taken into account. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It would excuse theft in Washingtons and Wellingtons, and unchastity in women as well. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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