amazon
发音
英 [ˈæməzən]
美 [ˈæməzɑːn]
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- n.
- 亚马逊河(南美洲大河)
单词词源
amazon 亚马逊
前缀a-, 没有。词根maz, 胸,见mastitis,乳腺炎。原指传说中的希腊的一支女人部落,切除右胸以方便射箭,英勇善战。后据说亚马逊河流域出现了类似的野人族,故名。
双语例句
- 1. Even in the peruvian amazon , the dam enjoys wide support .
- 甚至在秘鲁亚马逊河流域,大坝也赢得了广泛支持。
- 2. The amazon river is known for high tidal waves as well .
- 亚马逊河也常发生海啸。
- 3. Meanwhile , a federal court ordered work to stop on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the amazon , saying local people had not been properly consulted .
- 同时,联邦政府法庭叫停亚马孙河的水力发电站工程,该工程颇受争议,事先也没有充分咨询过当地百姓。
- 4. In the short term , both countries will have to keep pushing deeper into the amazon to generate electricity .
- 在短期内,这两个国家将要不断更加深入地开发亚马逊河以用于发电。
- 5. Ten out of 19 brazilian cities that doubled in population over the past decade are in the amazon .
- 在亚马逊河流域19个城市中,有十个城市的人口在过去十年间翻了一番。