U.S. state, formerly a Spanish colony, probably from Spanish Pascua florida, literally "flowering Easter," a Spanish name for Palm Sunday, and so named because the peninsula was discovered on that day (March 20, 1513) by the expedition of Spanish explorer Ponce de León (1474-1521). From Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom" (see florid). Related: Floridian (1580s as a noun, in reference to the natives; 1819 as an adjective).
双语例句
1. All the nice areas in Florida are becoming more and more urbanized.
佛罗里达所有的那些好去处都在变得越来越都市化。
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2. A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on drugs charges.
佛罗里达州坦帕市法庭判决5名官员的毒品交易罪名成立。
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3. By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator.
他亲口承认自己在佛罗里达从事房地产投机生意时逃过税。
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4. She spent two years in South Florida researching and filming her documentary.
她花了两年时间在佛罗里达州南部做研究,拍摄纪录片。
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5. The Everglades National Park stretches across the southern tip of Florida.