1. 1n/bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs/巴貝多(加勒比海島國)

    A small island country in the Caribbean Sea, known for its warm weather and sandy beaches.

    「Barbados」是加勒比海上一個小島國,以陽光、沙灘和溫暖的海聞名。可以想成地圖上靠近南美洲北邊、一個小小的熱帶島嶼。它是國名,所以開頭一定大寫,後面不加 the。

    示範例句 · Example

    Barbados is a small island in the warm Caribbean Sea.

    中文翻譯巴貝多是溫暖的加勒比海上的一座小島。

    常見搭配

    • in Barbados

      在巴貝多

      on the island of Barbados

      They spent the holiday in Barbados.

    • from Barbados

      來自巴貝多

      coming from this country

      The singer is from Barbados.

core核心畫面

You can picture one specific small island nation sitting in the warm Caribbean Sea — sunshine, sandy beaches, a place with its own name on the map.

可以想成加勒比海上一個有名字的小島國:陽光、沙灘、溫暖的海。它就是地圖上那一個特定的地方,沒有別的引申,整個詞就只指這個國家本身。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Barbadosname/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/

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    An island and country in the Caribbean.

Barbadosverb/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/

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    historicalTo press-gang (force into naval service).

    • The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth.

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