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Clwyd was a county in north-east Wales — a stretch of land with its own local government, not a city. People used the name on letters, road signs, and maps for about twenty years from the 1970s.
Clwyd was a county in north-east WalesClwyd曾是威爾斯東北部的一個郡 a stretch of land with its own local government, not a city是一塊有自己地方政府的區域,不是一座城市 People used the name on letters, road signs, and maps人們曾在信件、路標和地圖上用這個名字 for about twenty years from the 1970s從1970年代開始用了大約二十年
Then Wales redrew its map. The law that ended Clwyd was passed in 1994, and the new counties took over in 1996.
Then Wales redrew its map後來威爾斯重新劃分了地圖 The law that ended Clwyd was passed in 1994廢除Clwyd的法律在1994年通過 and the new counties took over in 1996新的郡在1996年正式上路
Most of the old county became Flintshire and Denbighshire; Wrexham became its own place, and a piece went into Conwy. So the tidy line “it was split into two counties” is a little tidier than the real map.
Most of the old county became Flintshire and Denbighshire舊郡大部分變成了Flintshire和Denbighshire Wrexham became its own placeWrexham獨立成了自己的一個地方 and a piece went into Conwy還有一小塊劃進了Conwy So the tidy line 'it was split into two counties' is a little tidier than the real map所以'它被分成兩個郡'這種簡單說法,其實比真實的地圖整齊了一點
You still meet the name in older addresses, on hospitals and papers, and in talk from people who grew up with it. Say it roughly like “KLOO-id,” not “CL-wid.” It is a Welsh name.
You still meet the name in older addresses你還是會在比較舊的地址裡看到這個名字 on hospitals and papers在醫院和文件上也是 and in talk from people who grew up with it還有在從小用這個名字長大的人的談話裡 Say it roughly like 'KLOO-id,'大概唸成'KLOO-id' not 'CL-wid.'不是'CL-wid' It is a Welsh name這是個威爾斯名字
組成A Welsh place name. I am not going to guess the older Welsh pieces.
原始詞典資料2 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。
Clwydname
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A river in Denbighshire, Wales, which flows into the Irish Sea near Rhyl; in full, the River Clwyd.
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A former county in north Wales, named after the river, which replaced Denbighshire and Flintshire in 1974, and which was abolished in 1996, being replaced by the new counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire and the county boroughs of Conwy and Wrexham.
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。