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词汇 Coventry
释义 Coventry 1 AHD[kŭvʹĭn-trē] D.J.[ˈkʌvɪntriː]K.K.[ˈkʌvɪntri]NONE(无词性)
    1. A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 1940). Population, 318,600.考文垂市:英格兰中部城市,位于伯明翰东南偏东。因是11世纪戈黛娃夫人的家乡而著名,二战中(1940年11月),考文垂受到空袭的极严重破坏。人口318,600
    1. A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in 1643 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population, 31,083.考文垂镇:罗得岛州中西部一镇,在普罗维登斯西南部。1643年有移民到这里,在此之前是著名饰带制造中心。人口31,083

Coventry 2 AHD[kŭvʹən-trē] D.J.[ˈkʌvəntriː]K.K.[ˈkʌvəntri]n.(名词)
  1. A state of ostracism or exile:放逐,流放:放逐或流放的状态:"It's not that smoke-filled rooms are back; smokers huddle in Coventry these days"(Flora Lewis)“烟雾迷漫的房间不会再回来了;吸烟者现在都被驱逐了”(弗洛拉·刘易斯)
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  1. After Coventry 1[England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War)] 源自 Coventry1[英格兰(大概因为英国内战期间保王党囚犯被流放到那里)]
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