喜樂美語
  1. 1

    Columbus here is a city: the capital of the US state of Ohio, in the middle of the country. It is also Ohio’s biggest city. Americans stress the middle: cu-LUM-bus.

    Columbus在這裡 here is a city指的是一座城市 the capital of the US state of Ohio美國俄亥俄州的首府 in the middle of the country位在美國中部 It它 is also Ohio's biggest city也是俄亥俄州最大的城市 Americans美國人 stress the middle重音放在中間 cu-LUM-buscu-LUM-bus

    The city was named after Christopher Columbus, the Italian sailor, so the same English name is doing several jobs — the man, a US holiday, and more than one American town.

    The city這座城市 was named after Christopher Columbus是以克里斯多福．哥倫布命名的 the Italian sailor那位義大利水手 so the same English name所以同一個英文名字 is doing several jobs身兼好幾個角色 the man那個人 a US holiday一個美國節日 and more than one American town還有不只一個美國城鎮

    This entry is only Ohio’s capital. If someone says they live in Columbus, they often mean this one, but you still need the state to be sure.

    This entry這個條目 is only Ohio's capital只指俄亥俄州的首府 If someone says they live in Columbus如果有人說他住在Columbus 他們 they often mean this one通常指的就是這裡 but you still need the state to be sure但你還是需要加上州名才能確定

    The name itself comes from Latin columbus, a dove; , the city in Sri Lanka, is a , the same Latin word by another path.

    The name itself這個名字本身 comes from Latin columbus, a dove源自拉丁文columbus，意思是鴿子 Colombo, the city in Sri Lanka斯里蘭卡的可倫坡 is a doublet是一個「雙生詞」 the same Latin word by another path是同一個拉丁字經由不同路徑演變而來的

    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。

    看看訂閱內容

組成From Latin columbus, “a dove”. Doublet of Colombo. The city name, like the common noun and verb Columbus in other uses, points to the Italian explorer whose family name comes from that Latin word.

同家族的字

  • Colomboa doublet — both from Latin columbus, a dove
  • Columbiaplaces and names built from Columbus, the explorer this city is named after

原始詞典資料27 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。

Columbusname詞源 1/kəˈlʌmbəs/

  • 1

    A male given name from Latin.

  • 2

    A surname.

  • 3

    A surname.

  • 4

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

    • And exactly a month to the date after kissing the world with her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet (it's like she planned it or smth...), she's [Sabrina Carpenter] kicking off her Short n' Sweet Tour in Columbus, Ohio on September 23.
  • 5

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 6

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 7

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 8

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

另外 15 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 10

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 11

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 12

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 13

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 14

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 15

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 16

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 17

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 18

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 19

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 20

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 21

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 22

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

  • 23

    Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:

Columbusnoun詞源 1/kəˈlʌmbəs/

  • 1

    A person who makes a great discovery.

    • It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world.

Columbusverb詞源 1/kəˈlʌmbəs/

  • 1

    datedslangTo explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer.

    • "But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!"
    • Callous as the old mummy was about anything and everything save his pet hobby, archaeology, he would sit up and take notice of such a vision ; and Peter felt that, having Columbused the discovery, he had the better right to it.
  • 2

    derogatoryslangTo appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.

    • When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in.
    • If you've danced to an Afrobeat-heavy pop song, dipped hummus, sipped coconut water, participated in a Desi-inspired color run or sported a henna tattoo, then you've Columbused something. […] Sometimes, though, Columbusing can feel icky. […] Of course, there is no bouncer, but we can be careful not to Columbus other culture's traditions.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。