Golden Gate

短语

金门海峡（美国一海峡）

词形变化

the Golden Gate

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of Golden Gate Bridge.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    The oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls, through which, according to Jewish tradition, the shekinah used to appear and will appear again when the Messiah comes.

    宗教

词源

Calque of Latin Porta Aurea and/or Ancient Greek Χρῡσὴ Πύλη (Khrūsḕ Púlē) (as neo-Latin Chrysopylae). Coined by American explorer John C. Frémont, who explained, “To this Gate I gave the name of ‘Chrysopylae’, or ‘Golden Gate’; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.”

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