English city, county town of Lincolnshire, Old English Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia from a Latinized form of British *lindo "pool, lake" (corresponding to Welsh llyn). Originally a station for retired IX Legion veterans. Lincoln green as a type of dyed cloth fabric made there is from c. 1500. In reference to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Lincolnesque is from 1894 (earlierst reference is to the beard); Lincolniana is from (1862).
雙語例句
1. His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder.
他的寫作得益于他感到已故的林肯一直在他身后激勵著他。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
他們總是等待并要求得到更多資財?shù)膬A向讓林肯總統(tǒng)甚感不快。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness.
亞伯拉罕·林肯成就卓越。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She made a plaster cast of a bust of Lincoln.
她用石膏塑造了一座林肯半身像.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the abolition of slavery, he succeeded.