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    Mayfair is a district in central London, just east of Hyde Park, and one of the most expensive parts of the city. It is known for large hotels, luxury shops, private clubs, and embassies.

    Mayfair is a district in central London是倫敦市中心的一個地區,just east of Hyde Park就在海德公園東側,and one of the most expensive parts of the city也是全市最昂貴的地段之一。It它 is known for large hotels, luxury shops, private clubs, and embassies以大飯店、精品店、私人俱樂部和大使館聞名。

    It was once a very fashionable place to live in grand houses; many of those houses have since been turned into offices.

    It它 was once a very fashionable place to live in grand houses曾經是住在氣派宅邸裡非常時髦的地方;many of those houses那些房子中有許多 have since been turned into offices後來被改成了辦公室。

    People use Mayfair as shorthand for very rich, very London. In the British version of Monopoly, Mayfair is the dearest square on the board, which has helped the name travel even among people who have never been there.

    People人們 use Mayfair as shorthand for very rich, very posh London把 Mayfair 當作「非常有錢、非常高級的倫敦」的代稱。In the British version of Monopoly在英國版大富翁遊戲裡,Mayfair is the dearest square on the boardMayfair 是棋盤上最貴的一格,which has helped the name travel even among people who have never been there這也讓這個地名連從沒去過的人都聽過。

    The name comes from a fair that used to be held in May on that ground; the fair is gone, the expensive address remains.

    The name這個名字 comes from a fair that used to be held in May on that ground源自從前五月在這塊地上舉辦的市集;the fair is gone市集早已不在了,the expensive address remains但這個昂貴的地址留了下來。

    Write it with a capital M: it is a place, not an adjective.

    Write it with a capital M要用大寫的 M 來寫:it is a place它是一個地名,not an adjective不是形容詞。

    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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組成From May + fair: named after a fair once held there in May.

同家族的字

  • Maythe month, first half of the name
  • faira public festival or market, second half of the name

原始詞典資料12 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。

Mayfairname/ˈmeɪfɛə/

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    An annual two-week-long fair that took place in central London between 1686 and 1764.

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    An urban area of London in the City of Westminster, Greater London, named after this fair (OS grid ref TQ2880).

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    A place in Canada:

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    A place in Canada:

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    A place in Canada:

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    A place in Canada:

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    A place in the United States:

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    A place in the United States:

另外 4 個記錄的用法
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    A place in the United States:

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    A place in the United States:

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    A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.

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    A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

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