Whitehall
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 白厅，英国政府
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←中古英语 whit “white”
词源说明
From Middle English whit (“white”) + halgh (“corner, nook; hall”).
释义（英文）
专有名词 Proper noun
- A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
- (UK politics, by extension, metonymic) The British government or civil service
- A number of other places in England:
- A village on the isle of Stronsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY6528).
- A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1638).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A surname from Middle English.