英语词源
- Roland
- masc. proper name, from French, from Old High German Hrodland, literally "(having a) famous land." As legendary nephew of Charlemagne, celebrated in "Chanson de Roland," c. 1300. His comrade was Oliver, hence a Roland for an Oliver (1610s) in expressions meaning "to give as good as one gets, tit for tat."
权威例句
- 1. Roland sometimes saw me as a shoulder to cry on.
- 罗兰有时把我看作是一个可以倾诉的对象。
- 2. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup.
- 昨晚罗兰·尼尔森打赌谢菲尔德周三队会捧得欧洲联盟杯。
- 3. Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling.
- 我们反应如此强烈，令罗兰大吃一惊。
- 4. They gave the name Roland to their first child.
- 他们给自己的第一个孩子起名为罗兰.
- 5. Roland, in the electric - blue uniform, was perturbed.
- 罗兰, 穿着铁青色的制服, 惶惶不安.