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Sorrento is a small town on the coast of southwest Italy, sitting on cliffs above the sea just south of Naples.
Sorrento Sorrento is是 a small town on the coast of southwest Italy義大利西南海岸的一座小鎮 sitting on cliffs above the sea坐落在海邊的懸崖上 just south of Naples就在拿坡里南邊。
It is one of the best-known holiday places in Italy, especially for British , who have been going there since the 1800s — so in British English the name carries a whole feeling with it: cliffs, lemon trees, the Bay of Naples, boats to Capri, the ruins of Pompeii nearby, and the mountain across the water.
It它 is one of the best-known holiday places in Italy是義大利最知名的度假勝地之一 especially for British travellers尤其對英國旅客來說 who have been going there since the 1800s他們從十九世紀就開始去那裡 so in British English the name carries a whole feeling with it所以在英式英文裡這個名字帶著一整套的感覺 cliffs, lemon trees, the Bay of Naples, boats to Capri, the ruins of Pompeii nearby, and the mountain Vesuvius across the water懸崖、檸檬樹、拿坡里灣、開往卡布里島的船、附近龐貝的遺跡,還有海對岸的維蘇威火山。
Because it is a place name, it takes a capital letter and no "the": you go to Sorrento, you stay in Sorrento.
Because it is a place name因為它是地名 it takes a capital letter and no "the"字首要大寫,前面也不加 the you go to Sorrento, you stay in Sorrento所以說 go to Sorrento、stay in Sorrento。
You will also meet it as a describing word in front of other words — a Sorrento hotel, Sorrento lemons, which are famous and huge and go into the limoncello.
You你 will also meet it as a describing word in front of other words也會看到它放在其他字前面當形容詞 a Sorrento hotel像 a Sorrento hotel(蘇連多的飯店) Sorrento lemons或 Sorrento lemons(蘇連多檸檬) which are famous and huge and go into the liqueur limoncello這種檸檬又大又有名,會拿去做 limoncello 這種檸檬酒。
And you may meet the old song "Come Back to Sorrento", which is one of the most famous Italian songs in the world; if an English speaker mentions it with a smile, that song is usually the reason.
And you may meet the old song你也可能會遇到那首老歌 "Come Back to Sorrento"《歸來吧蘇連多》 which is one of the most famous Italian songs in the world是全世界最有名的義大利歌曲之一 if an English speaker mentions it with a smile如果英語人士微笑著提起這個地名 that song is usually the reason通常就是因為這首歌。
組成It is the Italian name Sorrento, from the town's Latin name Surrentum. Where Surrentum itself came from, nobody is sure — it is older than the records.
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。
Sorrentoname/səˈɹɛntəʊ/
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A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.
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A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Sorrentonoun/səˈɹɛntəʊ/
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A kind of Italian walnut.
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。