喜樂美語
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    nA2

    /ˈbrɪtn/

    the large island that England, Scotland, and Wales are on; also the name people use every day for the country, the United Kingdom.

    英國；大不列顛

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

One name pointing at one piece of land: the big island holding England, Scotland and Wales. In everyday talk the same name is also used for the country as a whole, whose full name is the United Kingdom — so the word can mean the island on a map, or the country you read about in the news.

可以想成地圖上那一整塊島：英格蘭、蘇格蘭、威爾斯三個地方連在同一座大島上，這座島就叫 Britain。在日常說話裡，…更多收起可以想成地圖上那一整塊島：英格蘭、蘇格蘭、威爾斯三個地方連在同一座大島上，這座島就叫 Britain。在日常說話裡，同一個字又常常拿來指整個國家（正式名稱是 the United Kingdom）——所以一個詞同時撐著兩個畫面：地理上的那座島，和新聞裡講的那個國家。

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

Britainname詞源 1/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

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    The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland.

    • With the eclipse of Empire, and the emergence of America and Russia, it was inevitable that we would lose comparative power and influence—and to be sure we have been in relative economic decline since the middle of the nineteenth century (when we were still producing two thirds of the world's energy, and half its iron and cotton cloth and when per capita income in Britain was over twice that in Germany and one third greater than in France).
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    Great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity.

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    England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

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    obsoleteBrittany.

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    The British Isles.

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    historicalThe British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.

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    The British Empire.

    • The name of 'Britain' […] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’.

Britainnoun詞源 2/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

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    archaichistoricalAn ancient Briton.

    • The Britains’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall.

Britainadj詞源 2/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

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    obsoleteBriton; British.

    • [M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。