Lambeth

英 ['læmbəθ] 美
  • n. 伦敦朗伯斯区;伦敦坎特伯雷大主教官邸

英文词源


Lambeth
used metonymically for "Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury," 1859, from the archbishop's palace in Lambeth, a South London borough. The Lambeth Walk was a Cockney song and dance, popularized in Britain 1937 in the revue "Me and my Gal," named for a street in the borough. The place name is Old English lambehyðe, "place where lambs are embarked or landed."

双语例句


1. Opposite this grandeur, on the Surrey side, were the dingy warehouses and factories of Lambeth.
在这壮观的景物对面, 在萨里这一边, 是兰贝斯的脏污的栈房和一家家工厂.

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