savannah
英[s?'v?n?]
美
- n. 大草原，熱帶草原（等于savanna）
詞態變化
復數:?savannahs;
中文詞源
Savannah 薩瓦那
美國佐治亞州港口城市，可能來自 savanna,稀樹草原。
英文詞源
- savannah (n.)
- also savanna, "treeless plain," 1550s, from Spanish sabana, earlier zavana "treeless plain," from Taino (Arawakan) zabana. In U.S. use, especially in Florida, "a tract of low-lying marshy ground" (1670s).
- Savannah
- port city in U.S. state of Georgia, from savana, name applied to the Native Americans in the area by early European explorers, perhaps from a self-designation of the Shawnee Indians, or from the European topographical term (see savannah).
雙語例句
- 1. Flint was, and he died of rum at Savannah.
- 福林特也是那種人, 結果在薩瓦納為朗姆酒送了命.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
- 2. She think she is lil gal back in Savannah.
- 她以為她還是在薩凡納的那個小女孩呢.
來自飄（部分）
- 3. Savannah, Charleston, Augusta, Richmond, New Orleans would never hurry.
- 薩凡納 、 查爾斯頓 、 奧古斯塔 、 里土滿 、 新奧爾良卻從來不是這樣.
來自飄（部分）
- 4. Have you met Mr. Kelso, our newest addition to Savannah?
- 見過薩瓦納的新成員凱爾索先生了?
來自電影對白
- 5. For example, in Africa a tropical rainforest may border savannah grasslands.
- 例如, 在非洲,熱帶雨林很可能與薩瓦那草原毗鄰.
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