Alaska
英 [ə'læskə]
美 [ə'læskə]
Alaska 助记提示
来自阿留申语中的一个词，原写作Alaschka，意思为“广袤的大地”。因为对于生活在阿留申群岛上的土著居民来说，海峡对面的阿拉斯加的面积实在太大了。后来阿拉斯加一度并入俄国，一度被称为“PYCCKAR AMEPNKA"（大概是这么写的，不会俄语，有的字母打不出）。归入美国后，就以Alaska为名。
Alaska 英文词源
- Alaska
- name first applied 18c. by Russian explorers, from Aleut alaxsxaq, literally "the object toward which the action of the sea is directed" [Bright]. Baked Alaska attested by 1896, so called either for its whiteness or from being cold inside.
Alaska 双语例句
1. The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week. 阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska.
- 考古学家在阿拉斯加发现了一个距今11,700年的狩猎营地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She received a collect phone call from Alaska.
- 她接到一个从阿拉斯加打来的付费电话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They saw many seals off the Coast of Alaska.
- 他们在阿拉斯加海岸外看见很多海豹.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Alaska and Hawaii were dependencies of the United States.
- 阿拉斯加和夏威夷过去是美国的属地.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》