- 1nA2
/steɪts/
A casual, everyday way of saying the United States of America.
美國(非正式說法)
核心畫面
Picture people pointing at the United States of America and just calling it 'the States' — a short, casual nickname, the kind you'd use chatting with friends rather than writing in a formal document.
可以想成大家提到美國(United States of America)時,乾脆簡稱「the States」——一個…更多收起
可以想成大家提到美國(United States of America)時,乾脆簡稱「the States」——一個輕鬆、口語的暱稱,比較像跟朋友聊天時會用的說法,而不是寫在正式文件上的名稱。原始詞典資料6 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。
Statesname
- 1
historicalThose parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
- The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States
- 2
The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
- It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street.
- It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。