Britain

/'britәn/

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中文翻译

n. 英国

英文解释

n a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

常见例句

the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) n

Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)

archaic name for England or Great Britain

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb n

in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers n