Yellowstone

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
    — Yellowstone itself remains the biggest headache, with noncamping accommodations limited to a handful of pricey lodges or cookie-cutter cabins...
  2. A river that rises in the park before flowing through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota, where it empties into the Missouri River.
  3. A nickname for the 2-8-8-4 locomotive configuration.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós
Proto-Germanic *gelwaz
Proto-West Germanic *gelu
Old English ġeolu
Middle English yelow
English yellow
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos
Proto-Germanic *stainaz
Proto-West Germanic *stain
Old English stān
Middle English ston
English stone
English Yellowstone
From yellow + stone.
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