Guadalcanal
英 [,ɡwɑ:dəlkə'næl]
美
释义
n. 瓜达康纳尔岛（南太平洋Solomon 群岛的一个岛）
英文词源
- Guadalcanal
- largest of the Solomon Islands, discovered 1568 by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira and named for his hometown in Spain. The place name contains the Spanish form of Arabic wadi "river" which occurs in other Spanish place names (such as Guadalajara, from Arabic Wadi Al-Bajara "River of the Stones," either a parallel formation to or ultimately a translation of the ancient Iberian name for the river that gave the place its earlier name, based on caruca "stony;" Guadalquivir, from Arabic Al-Wadi Al-Kabir "Big River;" and Guadalupe, from the Arabic river word and the Roman name of the river, Lupus, literally "wolf").
双语例句
- 1. For Americans, It'starts with Pearl Harbour and features the Normandy beaches and Guadalcanal.
- 对于美国人, 珍珠港则是起点,重头戏在诺曼底海滩和瓜岛上演.
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英英释意
- 1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth
- 2. a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
