Alabama
英 [,?l?'b?m?]
美
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Alabama，又譯亞拉巴馬州。出自于美國西南印第安人部落的喬克托語中的詞匯Alibamule，意思是“灌木叢的清理者”。該單詞后被改寫為Albaamo，最初是當地一條主要河流的名字，后來在河岸邊生活的原住民也把自己叫做阿拉巴馬人（Albaamaha）。再后來法國殖民者來到此地，將地名訛作Alibamon。阿拉巴馬州建立時據此取名，并再度訛作Alabama。
英文詞源
- Alabama
- created and named as a U.S. territory 1817 by a division of Mississippi Territory; ultimately named for one of the native peoples who lived there, who speak Muskogean. Their name probably is from a Choctaw term meaning "plant-cutters." Related: Alabamian.
雙語例句
- 1. Johnny Warrick has a hog farm in Alabama.
- 約翰尼·沃里克在亞拉巴馬州有個養豬場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Alabama may have been legally forced by the courts to kill off its segregationist policies.
- 亞拉巴馬州可能已被法院依法強令終止其種族隔離政策。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.
- 上星期在亞拉巴馬州塞爾馬市發生的事件也是這樣一個轉折點.
來自演講部分
- 4. In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds.
- 在阿拉巴馬州,打鼾的孩子被叫做鋸葫蘆.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Do you know that he owns half of alabama?
- 你知道他擁有一半的阿拉巴馬州 嗎 ?
來自電影對白