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  1. 1nA1/ˈwɑːʃɪŋtən/華盛頓

    Washington D.C., the capital city of the United States, where the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are based; also the name of a state in the northwest of the US.

    Washington D.C.華盛頓特區 the capital city of the United States美國的首都 where the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are based總統、國會，和最高法院所在的地方 also也是 the name of a state in the northwest of the US美國西北部一個州的名稱

    示範例句 · Example

    The President lives and works in Washington — the city has many important government buildings.

    逐字總統在華盛頓生活和工作——這座城市有許多重要的政府建築。

    「Washington」在英文中通常指兩個地方：1. Washington D.C.（華盛頓特區），美國首都，美國總統、國會和最高法院所在地；2. Washington State（華盛頓州），美國西北角的一個州，首府是奧林匹亞（Olympia）。在新聞或政治語境中，Washington 幾乎一定指 Washington D.C.，也就是「美國政府」的代稱。

    常見搭配

    • in Washington

      在華盛頓（特指美國政府）

      in Washington D.C., often used to refer to the US government

      The decision was made in Washington and affected the whole country.

    • Washington D.C.

      華盛頓特區（美國首都）

      the capital city of the United States, the District of Columbia

      They spent three days in Washington D.C. visiting the museums.

    意思相近

    Washington D.C.the capitalD.C.

core核心畫面

A single proper name shared by a US place: the capital city, and a state in the northwest.

可以想成一個專有名稱，主要指美國的首都華盛頓特區——總統、國會、最高法院都設在那裡；同一個拼法也用來指美國西北部的一個州。兩者共用一個名字，但都是固定地名，沒有比喻延伸。

同家族的字

  • 名詞Washingtonian

意思相近

Washington D.C.the capitalD.C.

原始詞典資料54 筆記錄

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Washingtonname/ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/

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    A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.

    • The Skills Center, which is located on Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, and opens to the public November 22, is the first of its kind for the company. It’s part of a larger commitment to train 29 million people globally in cloud computing by 2025 that AWS made last year.
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    Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

    • Taiwanese presidents, including Tsai, have a record of travelling through the U.S. en route to other countries, usually for a day or two, though the U.S. government has generally avoided meeting senior Taiwanese officials in Washington.
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    Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

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    Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

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    An English habitational surname from Old English.

    • George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.
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    The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.

    • Bond grinned again as he thought of Damon's exasperation at having to dish out a lot of soft soap to Washington when he probably had plenty of other Anglo-American snarls to disentangle.
    • ’Poor Mexico‘ President Porfirio Diaz (1828-1915) was to sigh, ‘so far from God, so near to the USA‘, and even the Latin-American states which felt themselves to be on closer terms with the Almighty were increasingly aware that in this world Washington was what they had chiefly to keep their eye on.
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    A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.

Washingtonnoun/ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/

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    slangA U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington.

    • He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.
    • Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).

washingtonnoun

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    gamesSynonym of agawan base (a team game)

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • University of Washington

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