savannah
英 [səˈvæn.ə]
美 [səˈvæn.ə]
- n. 大草原，热带草原（等于savanna）
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中文词源
Savannah 萨瓦那
美国佐治亚州港口城市，可能来自 savanna,稀树草原。
英语词源
- 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).
权威例句
- 1. Flint was, and he died of rum at Savannah.
- 福林特也是那种人, 结果在萨瓦纳为朗姆酒送了命.
- 2. She think she is lil gal back in Savannah.
- 她以为她还是在萨凡纳的那个小女孩呢.
- 3. Savannah, Charleston, Augusta, Richmond, New Orleans would never hurry.
- 萨凡纳 、 查尔斯顿 、 奥古斯塔 、 里土满 、 新奥尔良却从来不是这样.
- 4. Have you met Mr. Kelso, our newest addition to Savannah?
- 见过萨瓦纳的新成员凯尔索先生了?
- 5. For example, in Africa a tropical rainforest may border savannah grasslands.
- 例如, 在非洲,热带雨林很可能与萨瓦那草原毗邻.