Pearl Harbor

短语

珍珠港

发音

US /ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/
AU
UK /ˌpɜːl ˈhɑːbə/

词形变化

Pearl Harbors 复数 Pearl Harbors Pearl Harbored Pearl Harboring Pearl Harbors 三单 Pearl Harboring 现在分词 Pearl Harbored 过去式 Pearl Harbored 过去分词

别名

Pearl Harbour Pearl

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.

  2. 2.

    A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.

v.
  1. 1.

    To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    To take rudely by surprise.

    罕用 俚语

    Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space.

name
  1. 1.

    A placename

    A deep water harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States in the Pacific.

    珍珠港

  2. 2.

    A placename

    A naval base in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States: a US Navy base

    政治 军事
  3. 3.

    A placename

    Alternative form of Pearl Harbour.

  4. 4.

    The attack on Pearl Harbor.

    历史

    Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 and was the direct cause of the United States' entry into World War II.

词源

Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.

来源：wiktionary