Limehouse

n. 莱姆豪斯(伦敦区名, 旧时为华人聚居区)

发音

UK /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/

词形变化

Limehoused Limehouses 三单 Limehouses Limehousing Limehousing 现在分词 Limehoused 过去式 Limehoused 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a fiery political speech.

    过时
name
  1. 1.

    A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).

词源

The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.

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