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Paraguay is a country in the middle of South America. It has no sea coast — you cannot sail from Paraguay straight into the ocean — and it sits between Brazil and Argentina, with Bolivia toward the north-west.
Paraguay巴拉圭 is是 a country in the middle of South America南美洲中部的一個國家。It has no sea coast它沒有海岸線——you cannot sail from Paraguay straight into the ocean你沒辦法從巴拉圭直接坐船出海——and it sits between它位在 Brazil and Argentina巴西和阿根廷之間, with Bolivia toward the north-west玻利維亞則在西北方。
The capital is Asunción. Farming is the work the country is best known for.
The capital is首都是 AsunciónAsunción亞松森。Farming is農業是 the work the country is best known for這個國家最出名的產業。
Older reference books give a population of about 6.6 million from 2014; though actually those numbers move, so treat a figure in a dictionary as a snapshot, not today's count.
Older reference books give比較舊的參考書給的是 a population of about 6.6 million from 20142014 年大約 660 萬的人口數字; though actually不過其實 those numbers move這種數字會變動, so treat a figure in a dictionary as所以字典上的數字只能當作 a snapshot某個時間點的快照, not today's count而不是今天的實際人數。
In English the name is usually said like PA-ruh-gwy. Students sometimes mix it up with Uruguay, which is a different, smaller neighbour that does have a coast.
In English在英文裡 the name is usually said like這個名字通常唸成 PA-ruh-gwyPA-ruh-gwy。Students sometimes mix it up with學生有時候會把它跟 Uruguay烏拉圭搞混, which is a different, smaller neighbour烏拉圭是另一個比較小的鄰國 that does have a coast而且真的有海岸線。
組成借自西班牙文 Paraguay,來自瓜拉尼語對巴拉圭河的稱呼 Paraguaĭ:paraguâ(羽毛冠)+ ĭ(河)。國家名從河名來。
同家族的字
- Paraguayan巴拉圭人或「巴拉圭的」;就是 Paraguay 加上 -an
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。
Paraguayname/ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/
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A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
- Sanson in his Geographical Table hath divided this AMERICA MERIDIONALIS into PERUVIANA, and BRASLIANA [sic], subdividing Peruviana into Terra Firma, and Peru; and Brasiliana, into Brazile, and Paraguay; the first division is taken by a line which from the mouth of the Amazona, goes to seek the utmost part of Chili towards the South, ...
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A river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River.
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。