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    The Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. People split them into the Inner Hebrides, nearer the mainland, and the Outer Hebrides, a chain farther out in the Atlantic.

    The Hebrides赫布里底群島 are a group of islands是一群島嶼 off the west coast of Scotland在蘇格蘭西岸外海。People split them into人們把它們分成 the Inner Hebrides內赫布里底, nearer the mainland比較靠近本島, and the Outer Hebrides和外赫布里底, a chain farther out in the Atlantic是大西洋裡更遠的一串島。

    You always say the Hebrides, with the, and the name is plural: the Hebrides are wild in winter.

    You always say the Hebrides你一定要說「the Hebrides」,with the要加定冠詞the,and the name is plural而且這個字是複數形:the Hebrides are wild in winterthe Hebrides are wild in winter(赫布里底群島冬天很狂野)。

    Well-known islands in the group include Skye, Mull, , Lewis, and Harris.

    Well-known islands in the group這個群島裡有名的島 include包括 Skye, Mull, Islay, Lewis, and HarrisSkye(斯凱島)、Mull(穆爾島)、Islay(艾雷島)、Lewis(路易斯島)和Harris(哈里斯島)。

    English uses the name for the place, not as a verb or a casual adjective — for “from there” you switch to . The islands are known for rough sea weather, sheep, Harris , and Scottish .

    English uses the name for the place英文只把這個名字用來指地方, not as a verb or a casual adjective不當動詞也不當隨口的形容詞 — for "from there" you switch to Hebridean要說「來自那裡的」時要換成Hebridean這個字。The islands are known for這些島以…聞名 rough sea weather, sheep, Harris Tweed, and Scottish Gaelic惡劣的海象、羊、哈里斯毛料,還有蘇格蘭蓋爾語。

    Though actually, the “ri” in the spelling is probably an old copying mistake: earlier Latin wrote something more like Hebudes or Haebudes.

    Though actually不過其實,the "ri" in the spelling拼法裡的ri這兩個字母 is probably an old copying mistake可能是古時候抄寫的錯誤:earlier Latin wrote something more like Hebudes or Haebudes較早的拉丁文寫的比較像是Hebudes或Haebudes。

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組成From Latin Hebudes or Haebudes; the u was likely turned to ri by a scribe’s error. The earlier origin is unknown — perhaps Pre-Celtic, or perhaps Proto-Celtic *boudi. Ancient Greek Héboudai, islands mentioned by Ptolemy and Pliny, are likely the same group.

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  • Hebrideanthe adjective, and the word for a person from the Hebrides

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。

Hebridesname/ˈhɛbɹədiːz/

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    The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.

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    A sea area that is centred on these islands.

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