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Harwell is the name of a British government centre for atomic (nuclear) research, next to the village of Harwell in Oxfordshire, in southern England. After the Second World War, Britain put a large science laboratory there to study the atom and nuclear energy — both weapons research in the early years and, later, a lot of peaceful science.
Harwell是 the name of a British government centre for atomic (nuclear) research英國一個政府原子(核能)研究中心的名字, next to the village of Harwell in Oxfordshire, in southern England就在英格蘭南部牛津郡Harwell村旁邊。 After the Second World War二戰之後, Britain put a large science laboratory there英國在那裡蓋了一座大型科學實驗室 to study the atom and nuclear energy來研究原子和核能 — both weapons research in the early years早期是武器研究 and, later, a lot of peaceful science後來則做了很多和平用途的科學。
People still say Harwell to mean that research campus, not only the little village.
People still say Harwell大家還是會說Harwell to mean that research campus指的是那個研究園區, not only the little village而不只是那個小村子。
It is a proper name, so it takes a capital H.
It is a proper name它是個專有名詞, so it takes a capital H所以字首H要大寫。
You will meet it in news or books about British science or nuclear history, not in everyday chat unless you are talking about that place.
You will meet it in news or books about British science or nuclear history你會在講英國科學或核能歷史的新聞、書裡看到它, not in everyday chat unless you are talking about that place除非在講那個地方,不然平常聊天不會用到。
There is another, much smaller Harwell in ; that is a different place. The famous research centre belongs to the Oxfordshire village.
There is another, much smaller Harwell in Nottinghamshire諾丁罕郡還有另一個小很多的Harwell; that is a different place那是不同的地方。 The famous research centre belongs to the Oxfordshire village而那個有名的研究中心,屬於牛津郡那個村子。
組成The centre is named after the nearby village. There are two English places called Harwell. The Oxfordshire one (by the research centre) comes from Old English hēore, “pleasant,” plus wella, “well, spring, or stream.” The Nottinghamshire hamlet comes from an Old English nickname Hāra, “grey; grey-haired,” plus the same wella.
原始詞典資料3 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。
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A habitational surname from Old English.
- Ahead of the primary election, Harwell told a local outlet in a statement, “It’s clear if Andy Ogles wins, he will be controlled by the DC swamp.”
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。