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    Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands, in the sea between southern England and northern France. People often say it is “part of the UK,” and in everyday talk that is close enough — though actually it is a Crown Dependency, with its own little parliament, and it is not a piece of England.

    Sark is a small island in the Channel IslandsSark是海峽群島(Channel Islands)裡的一個小島 in the sea between southern England and northern France位在英格蘭南部和法國北部之間的海域 People often say it is "part of the UK," and in everyday talk that is close enough大家常說它「屬於英國」,日常講講這樣說也算差不多 though actually it is a Crown Dependency, with its own little parliament不過其實它是一個Crown Dependency(皇家屬地),有自己的小議會 and it is not a piece of England而且它並不是英格蘭的一部分

    It is famous for having no cars: you walk, cycle, or take a horse-drawn carriage. It is tiny next to its neighbours Jersey and Guernsey.

    It is famous for having no cars它以「沒有汽車」聞名 you walk, cycle, or take a horse-drawn carriage島上只能走路、騎腳踏車、或搭馬車 It is tiny next to its neighbours Jersey and Guernsey跟鄰近的Jersey和Guernsey比起來,它非常小

    This Sark is a place-name. English also has an old word sark meaning a shirt, especially in Scottish speech, but that is a different word that just happens to look the same.

    This Sark is a place-name這個Sark是地名 English also has an old word sark meaning a shirt英文還有一個古字sark,意思是襯衫 especially in Scottish speech尤其在蘇格蘭口語裡 but that is a different word that just happens to look the same但那是完全不同的字,只是剛好長得一樣

    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For this island, the origin of the name is unknown. (There is a different old word sark meaning a shirt, from Germanic; that is not this place-name.)

原始詞典資料5 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。

Sarkname/sɑːk/

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    One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.

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    A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark.

    • I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […].

sarknoun詞源 1/sɑːk/

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    archaicA garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.

    • Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark.
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    Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.

    • The next thing the watchers saw was the laird struggling up the far bank and casting his coat from him, so that he rode in his sark.
    • Then lorek's rear claws dug into the links of Iofur's chain-mail sark and ripped downward. The whole front came away, and Iofur lurched sideways to look at the damage, leaving lorek to scramble upright again.

sarkverb詞源 2/sɑːk/

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    To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

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