Brisbane
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 布里斯班(澳大利亚东部城市)
构词拆分
词源说明
From Scottish Gaelic bris (“break; smash”) + Old English bān (“bone”), a nickname given to someone who was often involved in fights, resulting in the breaking of bones. The city and river in Australia are named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1773–1860; governor of New South Wales (which at the time included the area of modern Queensland) from 1821 to 1825.
释义(英文)
专有名词 Proper noun
- A large city, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
- A local government area in Queensland, the largest by population in Australia; in full, the City of Brisbane.
- A river that flows through the city in Queensland; in full, the Brisbane River.
- A city in