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Massachusetts的意思
Massachusetts
[,mæsə'tʃu:sits]
- n. 马萨诸塞州（美国）
助记提示
Massachusetts，又译麻省。Mass意为“大的”，chuset是wachusett的改写，意为“山丘”。连在一起就是“大山丘”，原为麻省首府及最大城市波士顿附近的丘陵Blue Hills的别称，后用作殖民地和州的名字。
英文词源
- Massachusetts
- plural, originally (1614) a name for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett "at the large hill," in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.
双语例句
- 1. States such as Michigan and Massachusetts are making deep cuts in welfare.
- 诸如密歇根和马萨诸塞等州正在大幅削减社会保障金。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is now a professor of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 他现在是西新英格兰学院的经济学教授，该学院位于马萨诸塞州的斯普林菲尔德。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting.
- 如果她重又在马萨诸塞州露面，等待她的将是一纸拘捕令。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Puritans, for example, established several settlements in Massachusetts.
- 例如, 清教徒们在马萨诸塞建立了好几个居民区.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 5. The religious tradition of Massachusetts bred its brand of devotional literature.
- 马萨诸塞州的宗教传统孕育出了具有宗教特征的献身文学.
来自辞典例句