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。