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Kuwait

[kə'weit]
  • n. 科威特(西南亚国家,首都科威特)

畅通词汇

英文词源


Kuwait
Persian Gulf country, named for its capital city (said to have been founded in current form 1705), which is from Arabic al-kuwayt, diminutive of kut, a word used in southern Iraq and eastern Arabia for a fortress-like house surrounded by a settlement and protected by encircling water, and said to be ultimately from Persian. Related: Kuwaiti.

双语例句


1. The war began with overnight air raids on Baghdad and Kuwait.
战争以对巴格达和科威特的夜间空袭开始。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state.
这场大火使科威特的石油产业陷入悲惨的境地。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.
科威特有很多宽阔的高速公路是阿特金斯集团设计建造的。

来自柯林斯例句

4. In 1989, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of oil a day.
1989年,科威特每天出口150万桶石油。

来自柯林斯例句

5. the Emir of Kuwait
科威特的埃米尔

来自《权威词典》