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1、与纽约相关的词汇 大家知道与纽约相关的词汇么?下面就让小编为大家详解一下吧 1.BigApple 1.大苹果 TheBigAppleactuallybeganasawaytorefertothehorseracingcircuitofNewYorkCity.AccordingtotheOxfordEnglishDictionary(OED),itwasusedintheearly20thcenturytoreferto'somethingregardedasthemostsignificantofitskind'.
2、Soon,thetermwasbeingusedwithreferencetothecityitself.In1970,thepopularityofthetermexploded,though,whenitwaspartofacampaignledbyCharlesGillettoftheNewYorkConventionandVisitorsBureau. 实际上大苹果最初是纽约城内赛马路线的代称据牛津英语词典的说法它在20世纪初期用来指代“被认为至关重要的某类事物”很快它就与纽约城本身联系起来了1970年纽约观光局局长查尔斯·
3、吉列特开展了一系列以“大苹果”为主题的城市宣传活动这才使得该表达极为流行 2.Broadway 2.百老汇 Broadway,whichfiguresintothedreamsofeveryhighschooltheaterbuff,refersspecificallytotheclusteroftheatersonorclosetoBroadwayinmidtownManhattannearTimesSquare,butmoreallusivelytoshowbusinessatlarge.It'ssometimesk
4、nownasthe'GreatWhiteWay'duetothebrilliantstreetilluminationsandsignage. 百老汇是每位高中戏剧迷做梦都想去的地方它特指曼哈顿中城区百老汇大街和时代广场那一带的剧场区不过百老汇更多地暗指整个演艺界有时它因街区灯火阑珊、广告牌璀璨而被称为“不夜街” 3.EmpireCity(andState) 3.帝国城(和帝国州) Referencestotheempirecityandtheempirestate–referringtoNewYorkandNew
5、YorkCity'sprominentreputations–datebacktothefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.Inrecentyears,thetermEmpireStatehasseensomeliftthanksinparttoJayZ,whosesongwithAliciaKeys,'EmpireStateofMind',wasa1BillboardhitinXX. 帝国城与帝国州分别道出了纽约州和纽约城的显赫名声它们能追溯到19世纪上半叶近年来帝国州这一名称被提及的次数又有所增加这还多亏了那首X
6、X年登上美国Billboard榜首的歌——由美国嘻哈天王JayZ与艾丽西亚·凯斯合唱的《帝国之心》 4.Murderers'Row 4.杀手列阵 NewYorkCity,itturnsout,hasplayedhosttobothaliteralandafigurativemurderers'row.Thefirstinstanceofmurderers'rowreferstotherowofcellsinaprison,originallyinNYC'sTombsPrison,inwhichcondemnedmurde
7、rersorotherviolentcriminalsareheld.Thefigurativeuseofmurderers'rowesfrombaseballslang,meaninga'groupofpowerfulhittersbattinginsuccessionforaparticularteam',notablytheNewYorkYankeesofthe1920s,whichincludedBabeRuthandLouGehrig. 事实证明无论是字面意义上还是引申来讲纽约城均是杀手列阵的驻扎点头个杀手列阵原指纽约城的
8、墓地监狱里关押死刑犯或其他暴力罪犯的囚牢而其引申义则是棒球俗语意为“接连为某支队伍效力的一群实力派击球手”正像20世纪20年代家喻户晓的纽约洋基队中队员包括贝比·鲁斯和卢?贾里格 5.T
