columbus

英[kə'lʌmbəs] 美[kə'lʌmbəs]
  • n. 哥伦布市(美国俄亥俄州首府)
  • n. 哥伦布(意大利航海家;新大陆发行者)
Noun:
  1. the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University

  2. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

  3. a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama

  4. a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center

1. Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria.
克里斯托弗·哥伦布从圣玛丽亚启航前往新大陆。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Building a memorial to Columbus has been his lifelong dream.
为哥伦布建一座纪念碑是他一生的梦想。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage to America
哥伦布航海到达美洲的500周年纪念日

来自《权威词典》

4. The apocryphal story of Columbus and the egg is very interesting.
哥伦布竖蛋这个真伪不明的故事十分有趣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Columbus had not realised that this new land was not India.
哥伦布当时还没有认识到这块新大陆不是印度.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Columbus is said to have discovered America in 1492.
      据说哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。
    2. Columbus kept a careful and detailed chronicle of his voyages.
      哥伦布按顺序仔细而详尽地记载了他的各次航程。
    3. Columbus set foot on the shores of America just before daybreak.
      哥伦布刚巧在天亮前踏上美洲海岸。