Massachusetts
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Massachusetts，又譯麻省。Mass意為“大的”，chuset是wachusett的改寫，意為“山丘”。連在一起就是“大山丘”，原為麻省首府及最大城市波士頓附近的丘陵Blue Hills的別稱，后用作殖民地和州的名字。
英文詞源
- Massachusetts
- plural, originally (1614) a name for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett "at the large hill," in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.
雙語例句
- 1. States such as Michigan and Massachusetts are making deep cuts in welfare.
- 諸如密歇根和馬薩諸塞等州正在大幅削減社會保障金。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is now a professor of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 他現在是西新英格蘭學院的經濟學教授，該學院位于馬薩諸塞州的斯普林菲爾德。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting.
- 如果她重又在馬薩諸塞州露面，等待她的將是一紙拘捕令。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Puritans, for example, established several settlements in Massachusetts.
- 例如, 清教徒們在馬薩諸塞建立了好幾個居民區.
來自英漢非文學 - 政府文件
- 5. The religious tradition of Massachusetts bred its brand of devotional literature.
- 馬薩諸塞州的宗教傳統孕育出了具有宗教特征的獻身文學.
來自辭典例句