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Coventry

英 [ˈkɒvəntri]

美 [ˈkʌvəntri]

n.  考文垂

BNC.5154

习惯用语

    n.

      send sb to Coventry
    • 拒绝与某人交谈,不理某人(作为惩罚)
      to refuse to speak to sb, as a way of punishing them for sth that they have done

    柯林斯词典

    • (作为惩罚)拒绝与某人交谈
      If peoplesendyouto Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.

      双语例句

      • Let's aim for Coventry first, and then we'll have a look at the map.
        让我们先以考文垂为目标,然后再看一下地图。
      • Zimbabwe took one gold and three bronze medals in women's swimming, all by Kirsty Coventry in the100-and200-meter events.
        津巴布韦在女子100米和200米游泳比赛中夺得1枚金牌和3枚铜牌。
      • We sent him to Coventry for two weeks because he told the teacher who had broken the window.
        由于他告诉了老师谁打碎了玻璃,我们有两星期不理睬他。
      • But doctors at University Hospital Coventry were stunned when Mrs Osborn's test results came back negative.
        但是当得知奥斯本夫人的检验结果是阴性的时候,考文垂大学医院的医生们都大吃一惊。
      • It says this train is for Birmingham and Coventry only.
        上面说这火车只到伯明翰和考文垂。
      • She was educated at her local school for three years before being sent away to boarding school in the nearby city of Coventry.
        她到附近的考文垂市上寄宿学校以前曾在当地的学校读过三年书。
      • I am skeptical as to how big a deal this really is, said Crawford Spence, an accounting professor at Warwick Business School in Coventry, England.
        我怀疑这件事究竟有多大影响,英格兰考文垂华威商学院(WarwickBusinessSchool)的会计学教授克劳福德·斯宾塞(CrawfordSpence)说。
      • Coventry was blitzed mercilessly during the second world war.
        二战期间考文垂被惨无人道地空袭过。
      • Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry. She lived in the eleventh century.
        葛黛瓦是考文垂勋爵的漂亮太太。她生活在十一世纪。
      • The main line from London to coventry.
        从伦敦到考文垂的铁路干线。