Newfoundland

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈnjuːˌfaʊnd.lənd/|/ˈnjuː.fənd.lənd/|/ˌnjuːˈfaʊnd.lənd/    美 /ˈnuˌfaʊnd.lənd/|/ˈnu.fənd.lənd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
    — The younger, a frank, bold, bright-eyed child, was mounted on a large Newfoundland dog, whose impatience the elder brother was trying to soothe.
专有名词
  1. A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.
  2. Former name of Newfoundland and Labrador. historical
  3. Ellipsis of Newfoundland and Labrador. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal
    — Cecil Stuckless was fixing a Jeep in Salvage, Newfoundland with his son-in-law, who was working under the car.
  4. A former North American constituent country of the British Empire; in full, Dominion of Newfoundland. historical
  5. A former North American colony of the British Empire; in full, Colony of Newfoundland. historical

词形变化

Newfoundlands plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Colony of Newfoundland Dominion of Newfoundland Island of Newfoundland Newfie Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labradorian Newfoundland caribou Newfoundland Colony Newfoundland Daylight Time Newfoundlander Newfoundland Island Newfoundland speed bump Newfoundland Standard Time Newfoundland Time Zone newfypoo Nfld Nfld. NL Nl. N.L. N. L.

词源

词源 1
From Middle English new found lande (in a letter, apparently written in 1499, from Henry VII of England to his lord chancellor, Cardinal John Morton, about the North American land explored by Sebastian and John Cabot, a likely location being Newfoundland, or the name later being specifically narrowed down to it), equivalent to newfound + land.
词源 2
From Middle English new found lande (in a letter, apparently written in 1499, from Henry VII of England to his lord chancellor, Cardinal John Morton, about the North American land explored by Sebastian and John Cabot, a likely location being Newfoundland, or the name later being specifically narrowed down to it), equivalent to newfound + land.
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