Changi
樟宜
发音
/ˈtʃæŋ.i/
/ˈtʃɑːŋ.i/
其它
/ˈtʃaŋ.i/
释义与例句
name
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1.
A planning area located in the East Region of Singapore.
樟宜
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2.
The main international airport of Singapore.
词源
Uncertain. Several origins have been suggested: * From Malay cengal (“Neobalanocarpus heimii, a kind of hardwood tree in the dipterocarp family”). * From Malay cengal pasir or cengal mata kucing (“Hopea sangal, a tree in the dipterocarp family”). * From the Malay name for a kind of spreading shrub found in the region (Thottea corymbosa). Richard James Wilkinson records chěngai (cengai in modern orthography) as an alternative name for the cengal trees in A Malay–English Dictionary, originally published in 1901. In Singapore, chengai refers to the Neobalanocarpus heimii.
来源:wiktionary