Whitney
['wɪtnɪ] or ['hwɪtni]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high).
(noun.) United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825).
錄入:洛伦佐--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- Whitney had fought long and hard, and had at last received at least partial justice. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The great increase in demand for cotton produced by these machine inventions could not have been met had it not been for Eli Whitney's invention of the saw gin in America in 1793. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In 1812 Whitney applied for a renewal of his patent for the cotton-gin. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The chief reason for this marvelous advance was the cotton-gin, for which Eli Whitney applied for a patent in 1793. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This was the invention of Eli Whitney, of Massachusetts, and was patented by him March 14, 1794. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He had stood by Whitney through thick and thin, and had met one buffet after another. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There, gentlemen, said she, apply to my friend Mr. Whitney for your device. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The material value of Eli Whitney’s invention can hardly be estimated. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Then Mrs. Greene pointed to Eli Whitney with a smile. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Miller wrote to Whitney on May 11, 1797, The event of the first patent suit, after all our exertions made in such a variety of ways, has gone against us. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Two years of conflict in the South proved the superiority of Whitney’s invention over all other machines, but resulted in little actual profit. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But money was very scarce, and the manufacture of the machines proved so costly that Whitney found it impossible to furnish as many gins as his partner wanted. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There is a friend of mine here, Mr. Isa Whitney, and I wish to speak with him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
校對:西蒙