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Waikiki is a famous beach and the tourist district around it, on the south shore of Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It is the picture most people have in their heads when they think of Hawaii: a long curve of sand, high-rise hotels standing right behind it, and beginner surf lessons in the gentle , and the volcanic crater Diamond Head at one end.
Waikiki威基基is a famous beach是一個有名的海灘and the tourist district around it還有周邊的觀光區,on the south shore of Honolulu位在檀香山的南岸,on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii在夏威夷的歐胡島上。It is它就是the picture most people have in their heads大部分人一想到夏威夷when they think of Hawaii腦中浮現的畫面:a long curve of sand一長條弧形的沙灘,high-rise hotels standing right behind it後面立著一排高樓飯店,surfers and beginner surf lessons in the gentle waves平緩的浪裡有衝浪客和初學者在上課,and the volcanic crater Diamond Head at one end還有一端的火山口鑽石頭山。
It is a proper noun, so it always takes a capital W and no 'the' — you go to Waikiki, you stay in Waikiki, you walk along Waikiki Beach. In English it is usually said 'wye-kee-KEE'.
It is a proper noun它是專有名詞,so it always takes a capital W所以W一定要大寫,and no 'the'前面也不加'the'——you go to Waikiki你會說go to Waikiki,you stay in Waikiki或stay in Waikiki,you walk along Waikiki Beach也會說walk along Waikiki Beach。In English在英文裡,it is usually said它通常唸作'wye-kee-KEE''wye-kee-KEE'。
The name is Hawaiian and means roughly 'spouting fresh water', because the area was once fed by springs and streams.
The name is Hawaiian這個名字是夏威夷語,and means roughly大概意思是'spouting fresh water'「湧出的淡水」,because the area was once wetland因為這一帶以前是濕地,fed by springs and streams由泉水和溪流供水。
Because it is so famous, the name is often used as a shorthand for a certain kind of holiday — sun, hotels, crowds, shopping — and travel writers sometimes use it slightly critically, meaning a beach that has become too built-up and too busy, as against a quiet wild one.
Because it is so famous因為它太有名了,the name is often used as a shorthand這個名字常被拿來當代稱for a certain kind of holiday指某一種假期——sun, hotels, crowds, shopping陽光、飯店、人群、購物——and travel writers sometimes use it slightly critically而旅遊作家有時候會帶點批評地用它,meaning a beach that has become too built-up and too busy指一個已經蓋太多、太擁擠的海灘,as against a quiet wild one相對於安靜、原始的海灘。
組成From Hawaiian Waikīkī. In Hawaiian, wai means fresh water, and the name is generally understood as 'spouting water' or 'spouting fresh water' — the area used to be fed by springs and streams.
原始詞典資料1 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。
Waikikiname/ˌwaɪkɪˈkiː/
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A beachfront neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
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。