Coventry
音标['kɔvəntri]
汉语翻译
n. 考文垂
相关词组:
send sb to Coventry
相关词组:
send sb to Coventry
英语解释
名词 coventry:
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)同义词：banishment, ostracism
- an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
例句
- If you tell tales about other boys in school, you'll be sent to Coventry.如果你在学校里说其他孩子的坏话，就没有人再和你交往了。
- People who go on working when their Union calls a strike are often sent to Coventry by their workmates.当工会号召罢工时，继续做工的人经常受到其他工人的抵制。
- Men who refused to strike were sent to coventry by their colleagues.凡是不参加罢工的人，同事都不理睬他们。
详细解释
Coventry
NONE（无词性）A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 940). Population, 38,'00.考文垂市：英格兰中部城市，位于伯明翰东南偏东。因是世纪戈黛娃夫人的家乡而著名，二战中（940年月），考文垂受到空袭的极严重破坏。人口38,'00A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in '43 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population, 3,083.考文垂镇：罗得岛州中西部一镇，在普罗维登斯西南部。'43年有移民到这里，在此之前是著名饰带制造中心。人口3,083Coventry
Coventry 2
n.（名词）A state of ostracism or exile:放逐，流放：放逐或流放的状态：例句：.It`s not that smoke-filled rooms are back; smokers huddle in Coventry these days.(Flora Lewis).烟雾迷漫的房间不会再回来了；吸烟者现在都被驱逐了.(弗洛拉·刘易斯)
来源：After Coventry [England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War)] 源自 Coventry[英格兰（大概因为英国内战期间保王党囚犯被流放到那里）]
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