Rhode Island

短语

n. 美国罗得岛州州名（或译作罗德艾兰州）

发音

US /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
US
UK /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/

别名

Rhod-Island R.I. RI Rode-Island

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island.

    罗德岛

  2. 2.

    The official name of Aquidneck Island.

词源

Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland). Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.

来源：wiktionary