Mason-Dixon Line

短语

梅森—狄克森线(美国宾夕法尼亚州与马里兰州之间的分界线)[亦作Mason and Dixon's line]

词形变化

Mason–Dixon Line

别名

Mason-Dixon line Mason and Dixon line Mason's and Dixon's line

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764–1767) by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.

    历史
  2. 2.

    The boundary between the free and slave states at the time of the American Civil War, or between states with different segregationist policies in the Jim Crow era.

词源

Named after English astronomers Charles Mason (1728–1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779).

来源：wiktionary