Pyrenees

英 [,pirə'ni:z; 'pirən] 美

释义

n. 庇里牛斯山（欧洲西南部最大山脉）

英文词源

Pyrenees: 1550s, from French Pyrénées, from Latin Pyrenæi montes, from Greek Pyrene, name of a daughter of Bebryx/Bebrycius who was beloved of Herakles; she is said to be buried in these mountains (or that the mountains are the tomb Herakles reared over her corpse). The name is said to mean literally "fruit-stone," but Room says it might be Greek pyr "fire" + eneos "dumb, speechless," which perhaps translates or folk-etymologizes a Celtic goddess name. "In medieval times there was no overall name for the range and local people would have known only the names of individual mountains and valleys" [Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006]. Related: Pyrenean.

双语例句

1. Spain was invaded in 710 and the Pyrenees mountains were reached in 720.: 710年,西班牙遭到侵略;720年,烽火烧到了比利牛斯山脉.

2. So, is it just France tonight, or will you be slipping over the Pyrenees as well?: 那么, 今夜就只到法国, 还是要一直穿过比利牛斯山?

3. Juarez , we rescued you at a roadside tapas stand in the Pyrenees.: 我们在比利牛斯山下路边的一个小餐馆那儿救了你.

4. Later she escaped from France over the Pyrenees Mountains during winter.: 后来,在冬季,她从比利牛斯山逃离了法国.

英英释意

实用场景例句

Spain was invaded in 710 and the Pyrenees mountains were reached in 720.: 710年,西班牙遭到侵略;720年,烽火烧到了比利牛斯山脉.

So, is it just France tonight, or will you be slipping over the Pyrenees as well?: 那么, 今夜就只到法国, 还是要一直穿过比利牛斯山?

Later she escaped from France over the Pyrenees Mountains during winter.: 后来,在冬季,她从比利牛斯山逃离了法国.

THE LANGUAGE OF SPANISH PAINTING came from the other side of the Pyrenees.: 西班牙绘画的语言来自比利牛斯山脉的另一侧.

Big dogs like the Anatolian shepherd or Great Pyrenees can guard them from hostile animals.: 像安纳托利亚牧羊犬或大白熊犬之类的大个头犬能够守卫绵羊以免让它们受不友好动物的袭击.

But it does contain the Pyrenees, a large mountain range with high peaks and deep canyons.: 不过它境内有比利牛斯山, 这是一条有高峰和深谷的大山脉.

The monks probably crossed the ancient mastiff with the Great Dane and the Great Pyrenees.: 那些和尚很可能带着大型猛犬穿越大山脉.

考试真题

This country is located in the Pyrenees Mountains with France on one side and Spain on the other.