英文词源
- Kentucky
- U.S. state, earlier a county of Virginia, organized 1776; the name is of Iroquois or Shawnee origin, perhaps a Wyandot (Iroquoian) word meaning "meadow" (compare Seneca geda'geh "at the field"); the original use in English seems to have been the river name; the native use perhaps was first in reference to a village in what now is Clark County known in Shawnee as Eskippakithiki. Related: Kentuckian.
中文解释
来自易诺奎语Kentake，意思是“鲜血染红的土地”。该州位于阿巴拉契亚山西侧，扼守南北要道，曾经是各大印第安人部落之间反复争夺之地，发生过不少恶战，因此得名。
实用例句
- 1. Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet.
- 肯塔基州北部可能有雨夹雪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. That horse won the Kentucky Derby.
- 那匹马在肯塔基马赛上获胜.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Moving rapidly through school, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky at age 18.
- 他连续跳级，18岁时就以全美优等生联谊会成员的身份从肯塔基大学毕业。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. An interesting shooting affray was on in the mountains of Kentucky.
- 在肯塔基州山区发生了有趣的枪战.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Dining off crispy chicken , Kentucky Fried Chicken, or Daokou braised chicken, what's the difference?
- 香酥鸡 、 肯德基 、 道口烧鸡,大同小异.
来自汉英文学 - 散文英译