英文词源
- Liverpool
- English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water," from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.
实用例句
- 1. Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.
- 利物浦是靠奴隶贸易肥起来的。
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- 2. His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes.
- 他的缺阵将是对利物浦队夺冠希望的致命打击。
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- 3. We've been on a bit of a downer since the Liverpool game.
- 自从利物浦比赛以来，我们一直有点沮丧。
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- 4. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
- 我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
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- 5. Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool.
- 哀悼者准备在利物浦筹备举行一次烛光祈祷。
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