Gibraltar

(noun.) location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules.

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• At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It seems, therefore, not incredible that the region abou t the Pillars of Hercules [Gibraltar] is connected with that of India, and that there is thus only one ocean. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The ship had to stay a week or more at Gibraltar to take in coal for the home voyage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was the ROCK OF GIBRALTAR, their largest and best boat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Spain chastised the Moors five or six years ago, about a disputed piece of property opposite Gibraltar, and captured the city of Tetouan. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Every now and then my glove purchase in Gibraltar last night intrudes itself upon me. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He told one of them a couple of our gunboats could come here and knock Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Gibraltar has stood several protracted sieges, one of them of nearly four years' duration (it failed), and the English only captured it by stratagem. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Alicant, Carthagena, Palos, and Malaga will be passed but a mile or two distant, and Gibraltar reached in about twenty-four hours. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We shall remember, always, how we saw majestic Gibraltar glorified with the rich coloring of a Spanish sunset and swimming in a sea of rainbows. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Think as high of the old girl--as the rock of Gibraltar--and still you'll be thinking low--of such merits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Finally, anchored off Gibraltar, which looks familiar and home-like. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Here in Gibraltar he corners these educated British officers and badgers them with braggadocio about America and the wonders she can perform! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca, accordingly, have never been neglected. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Rock of Gibraltar is about a mile and a half long, I should say, by 1,400 to 1,500 feet high, and a quarter of a mile wide at its base. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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