Alabama
英 [,ælə'bæmə]
美
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Alabama，又译亚拉巴马州。出自于美国西南印第安人部落的乔克托语中的词汇Alibamule，意思是“灌木丛的清理者”。该单词后被改写为Albaamo，最初是当地一条主要河流的名字，后来在河岸边生活的原住民也把自己叫做阿拉巴马人（Albaamaha）。再后来法国殖民者来到此地，将地名讹作Alibamon。阿拉巴马州建立时据此取名，并再度讹作Alabama。
英文词源
- Alabama
- created and named as a U.S. territory 1817 by a division of Mississippi Territory; ultimately named for one of the native peoples who lived there, who speak Muskogean. Their name probably is from a Choctaw term meaning "plant-cutters." Related: Alabamian.
双语例句
- 1. Johnny Warrick has a hog farm in Alabama.
- 约翰尼·沃里克在亚拉巴马州有个养猪场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Alabama may have been legally forced by the courts to kill off its segregationist policies.
- 亚拉巴马州可能已被法院依法强令终止其种族隔离政策。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.
- 上星期在亚拉巴马州塞尔马市发生的事件也是这样一个转折点.
来自演讲部分
- 4. In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds.
- 在阿拉巴马州,打鼾的孩子被叫做锯葫芦.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Do you know that he owns half of alabama?
- 你知道他拥有一半的阿拉巴马州 吗 ?
来自电影对白