thermopylae
英 [θə'mɔpəli:]
美
- n. 塞莫皮莱（希腊东部一多岩石平原）
英英释义
- 1. a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
实用场景例句
- She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae.
- 它抵达英国时比“塞姆皮雷”号晚了1个星期.
新概念英语第三册
- The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
- 唯一可以与之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”号帆船.
新概念英语第三册
- Scarlett thought hard but Thermopylae meant nothing to her.
- 思嘉苦思冥想了半天也没弄懂"温泉关"是什么意思.
飘（部分）
- What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?
- 塞莫皮莱战役的勇士后来怎么样了?
电影对白
- The Spartan King Leonidas led the army to the pass at Thermopylae.
- 斯巴达国王里奥尼达斯率领军队前往塞莫皮莱隘口.
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- But by now, the Thermopylae was over 500 miles ahead.
- 但此时, 塞姆已经领先500多英里了.
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- The Battle of Thermopylae took place during the Greece - Persia War in roughly the 5 th century BC.
- 塞莫皮莱战役发生于西元前5世纪左右的波希战争期间.
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双语例句
- 1. She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae.
- 它抵达英国时比“塞姆皮雷”号晚了1个星期.
来自新概念英语第三册
- 2. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
- 唯一可以与之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”号帆船.
来自新概念英语第三册
- 3. Scarlett thought hard but Thermopylae meant nothing to her.
- 思嘉苦思冥想了半天也没弄懂"温泉关"是什么意思.
来自飘（部分）
- 4. What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?
- 塞莫皮莱战役的勇士后来怎么样了?
来自电影对白
- 5. The Spartan King Leonidas led the army to the pass at Thermopylae.
- 斯巴达国王里奥尼达斯率领军队前往塞莫皮莱隘口.
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英文词源
- Thermopylae
- narrow land passage along the Malian Gulf in ancient Greece, from Greek thermos "hot" (see thermal) + pylai, plural of pyle "gate; mountain pass, entrance into a region" (see pylon). In reference to nearby hot sulfur springs. Often simply hai pylai "the gates." Figurative of heroic resistance against overwhelming numbers since the battle fought there between the Greeks and Persians in 480 B.C.E.