Pennsylvania的意思

Pennsylvania

英式音标[,pɛnsəl'veɪnjə]

基本解释

n. 宾夕法尼亚州（美国州名）

Pennsylvania: American colony, later U.S. state, 1681, literally "Penn's Woods," a hybrid formed from the surname Penn (Welsh, literally "head") + Latin sylvania (see sylvan). Not named for William Penn, the proprietor, but, on suggestion of Charles II, for Penn's late father, Admiral William Penn (1621-1670), who had lent the king the money that was repaid to the son in the form of land for a Quaker settlement in America. The story goes that the younger Penn wanted to call it New Wales, but the king's secretary, a Welshman of orthodox religion, wouldn't hear of it. Pennsylvania Dutch is attested from 1824.

1. They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania.: 他们一起就读于宾夕法尼亚大学。

2. Their two children were immigrants to Northern Ireland from Pennsylvania.: 他们的两个孩子是从宾夕法尼亚州移民到北爱尔兰的。

3. A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.: 阅兵队列沿宾夕法尼亚大道缓慢而庄严地行进。

4. Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.: 来自宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州的共和党人预感到胜利在望。

5. I went to work as a painter in my hometown, Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.: 我在家乡宾夕法尼亚州的纳特罗纳海茨当了个油漆匠。