喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈbrɪtn/英國；大不列顛

    the large island that England, Scotland, and Wales are on; also the name people use every day for the country, the United Kingdom.

    that England, Scotland, and Wales are on英格蘭、蘇格蘭、和威爾斯所在的 the large island那座大島； people use every day for the country, the United Kingdom人們日常用來稱呼「聯合王國」這個國家 also the name的名稱

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei's family flew to Britain last summer and stayed in London for a week.

    逐字美的家人去年夏天飛去英國，並且在倫敦待了一個星期。

    Britain 最常見的用法就是「英國」——講到那個國家、那裡的人、那裡的生活，英語人士多半就說 Britain。它同時也是一座島的名字：England、Scotland、Wales 三塊地方都在這座島上。可以想成這個名字先是那座大島，後來慢慢長成整個國家的稱呼，所以同一個字既能講地理，也能講國家。要特別分清楚正式名稱的時候，才會改用 the United Kingdom（簡稱 the UK）。

    常見搭配

    • in Britain

      在英國

      inside that island or country

      Winters in Britain are cold and rainy.

    • come to / go to Britain

      來／去英國

      to travel there

      Her grandparents went to Britain by ship many years ago.

    • across Britain

      英國各地

      in many different parts of the country

      Schools across Britain joined the reading day.

    • contemporary Britain

      當代的英國

      Britain as it is today

      The book describes daily life in contemporary Britain.

    • the south / north of Britain

      英國的南部／北部

      one part of the island

      It snows more in the north of Britain than in the south.

    意思相近

    Great Britainthe UKthe United Kingdom

core核心畫面

One name pointing at one piece of land: the big island holding England, Scotland and Wales. In everyday talk the same name is also used for the country as a whole, whose full name is the United Kingdom — so the word can mean the island on a map, or the country you read about in the news.

可以想成地圖上那一整塊島：英格蘭、蘇格蘭、威爾斯三個地方連在同一座大島上，這座島就叫 Britain。在日常說話裡，同一個字又常常拿來指整個國家（正式名稱是 the United Kingdom）——所以一個詞同時撐著兩個畫面：地理上的那座島，和新聞裡講的那個國家。

同家族的字

意思相近

Great Britainthe UKthe United Kingdom

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Britainname詞源 1/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

  • 1

    The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland.

    • With the eclipse of Empire, and the emergence of America and Russia, it was inevitable that we would lose comparative power and influence—and to be sure we have been in relative economic decline since the middle of the nineteenth century (when we were still producing two thirds of the world's energy, and half its iron and cotton cloth and when per capita income in Britain was over twice that in Germany and one third greater than in France).
  • 2

    Great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity.

  • 3

    England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

  • 4

    obsoleteBrittany.

  • 5

    The British Isles.

  • 6

    historicalThe British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.

  • 7

    The British Empire.

    • The name of 'Britain' […] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’.

Britainnoun詞源 2/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

  • 1

    archaichistoricalAn ancient Briton.

    • The Britains’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall.

Britainadj詞源 2/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

  • 1

    obsoleteBriton; British.

    • [M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold.

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