Brussels

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹʌsəlz/    美 /ˈbɹʌsəlz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Brussels carpet.
    — If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […]
  2. A Brussels sprout.
    — We cooked a big Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, Brussels, and parsnips.
专有名词
  1. The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels.
  2. A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region.
    — Buying bread from a man in Brussels / He was 6'4", and full of muscle
  3. The administrative apparatus of the European Union. metonymically
  4. A historical district of the German Reich. Official name: District of Brussels.
  5. A historical republic of Western Europe; in full, Calvinist Republic of Brussels.
  6. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Brussels.
  7. A community in Huron East municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

词形变化

Brussels plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *brōk
Old Dutch *bruoc
Old Dutch *sali
Dutch Brusselbor.
English Brussels
Borrowed from Dutch Brussel.
The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *brōk
Old Dutch *bruoc
Old Dutch *sali
Dutch Brusselbor.
English Brussels
Borrowed from Dutch Brussel.
The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels.
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