Wales

(noun.) one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria.

校对:杜鲁门

• In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We found the hotel and secured rooms, and were happy to know that the Prince of Wales had stopped there once. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I gave Magwitch that caution, said Mr. Jaggers, looking hard at me; I wrote it to New South Wales. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In many parts of Scotland and Wales it affords none. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I wonder, thought I, what sort of a nightcap the Prince of Wales wears? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Wales, a merchant of Boston, conceived the idea of sending American boot and shoe lasts to Brazil for use in place of their clay models. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When I was a boy, he says, the Prince of Wales, the late King Edward, came to Canada (1860). 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Of Dolly's journey to Wales with Mr. Scot. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Why, I was first reserve for England against Wales, and I've skippered the 'Varsity all this year. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Yes, I replied, and his name is Provis--from New South Wales. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I wish I had gone into some country place in Wales; this is really terrible,' said he, going up to the window. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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