Coventry

汉语翻译

n. 考文垂
相关词组:
send sb to Coventry

英语解释：

名词 coventry:

1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
   同义词：banishment, ostracism
2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century

例句：

1. If you tell tales about other boys in school, you'll be sent to Coventry.
   如果你在学校里说其他孩子的坏话，就没有人再和你交往了。
2. People who go on working when their Union calls a strike are often sent to Coventry by their workmates.
   当工会号召罢工时，继续做工的人经常受到其他工人的抵制。
3. Men who refused to strike were sent to coventry by their colleagues.
   凡是不参加罢工的人，同事都不理睬他们。

详细解释：

Coventry

NONE（无词性）
A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 940). Population, 38,'00.
考文垂市：英格兰中部城市，位于伯明翰东南偏东。因是世纪戈黛娃夫人的家乡而著名，二战中（940年月），考文垂受到空袭的极严重破坏。人口38,'00
A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in '43 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population, 3,083.
考文垂镇：罗得岛州中西部一镇，在普罗维登斯西南部。'43年有移民到这里，在此之前是著名饰带制造中心。人口3,083

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Coventry
Coventry 2

n.（名词）
A state of ostracism or exile:
放逐，流放：放逐或流放的状态：
例句：
.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)


来源：
After Coventry [England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War)]
源自 Coventry[英格兰（大概因为英国内战期间保王党囚犯被流放到那里）]