英语单词短语词组“Britain”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

Britain

noun

/ˈbrɪt.ən/us

/ˈbrɪt.ən/

England,Scotland, andWales

英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士的统称

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Great Britain

the United Kingdom

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A game from Britain is becoming very popular in other countries: snooker.
In 1714, Britain asked clockmakers to make a clock for boats.
In 1764 these colonies had to pay a tax to Britain for sugar from the West Indies.
It is possible that the word Britain comes from an old British word meaning “people of the designs,” possibly from their war paint or tattoos.
It was printed on July 4, 1776, the date of America’s independence from Britain.
The colonists did not want to pay the tax, so they decided to become free from Britain.
The first Europeans to live there came from Britain and Ireland.
And the previous commitments were the secret compacts concluded by Japan with Britain, France, Russia, and Italy before the United States entered the war.
But in a country like ancient Britain there are as many soldiers as inhabitants.
But though new peoples came, in all these lands they learned the ways and languages of the older inhabitants, instead of changing everything, as the English did in Britain.
No one in Britain ever calls an American a foreigner.
No one who visits Salisbury will forget Stonehenge, the most remarkable relic of prehistoric man to be found in Britain.

单词	Britain
释义	Britain noun uk /ˈbrɪt.ən/us /ˈbrɪt.ən/ England,Scotland, andWales 英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士的统称 Compare Great Britain the United Kingdom SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Countries, nationalities & continents: country names Afghanistan Albania Albion Algeria Andorra Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Mauritania Mauritius Melanesia Mexico St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname the Marshall Islands See more results » (Definition ofBritainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examples from literature A game from Britain is becoming very popular in other countries: snooker. In 1714, Britain asked clockmakers to make a clock for boats. In 1764 these colonies had to pay a tax to Britain for sugar from the West Indies. It is possible that the word Britain comes from an old British word meaning “people of the designs,” possibly from their war paint or tattoos. It was printed on July 4, 1776, the date of America’s independence from Britain. The colonists did not want to pay the tax, so they decided to become free from Britain. The first Europeans to live there came from Britain and Ireland. And the previous commitments were the secret compacts concluded by Japan with Britain, France, Russia, and Italy before the United States entered the war. But in a country like ancient Britain there are as many soldiers as inhabitants. But though new peoples came, in all these lands they learned the ways and languages of the older inhabitants, instead of changing everything, as the English did in Britain. No one in Britain ever calls an American a foreigner. No one who visits Salisbury will forget Stonehenge, the most remarkable relic of prehistoric man to be found in Britain. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/britain##
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