Switzerland

高中

n. 瑞士

发音

UK /ˈswɪtsələnd/
US /ˈswɪtsɚlənd/
IN /ˈsʋɪzə(ɾ)ˌlaɳɖ/
其它 /ˈswitsɚlɐnd/
其它 /sʷit̚˥.sœ˧.lɐn˧/
ZA /ˈswɨtsəˌland/

别名

Switz Switz. Swizzerland

教材释义与例句

名词

瑞士（欧洲国家）

The River Rhine rises in Switzerland.

莱茵河发源于瑞士。

But I did not need to go to Switzerland to learn that.

到瑞士要是就为了知道这些就大可不必去了。

The banks needed to do something, so they turned themselves into the Switzerland of the Gulf.

银行必须做点什么，于是它们把迪拜变成了波斯湾地区的瑞士。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.

    比喻 不可数

    I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.

name
  1. 1.

    A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).

    瑞士

    Much of Switzerland is located in the Alps.

相关短语

Switzerland County

词源

Compound of Switzer + -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern German Schwytzerland (“land of the Swiss”). Noun sense refers to the state’s political neutrality in both World Wars.

来源：wiktionary