Houston

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/    美 /ˈhjustən/|[ˈhj̊uːstɨn]|[j̊uːstɨn]

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A habitational surname. countable,uncountable
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage. countable,uncountable
  3. A placename:; A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston. countable,uncountable
    — Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs. It’s dead grass and midday thunderstorms. It isn’t the beginning or the end of anything, just a prolonged in-between through dead-end traffic on I-45.
  4. A placename:; A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland. countable,uncountable
  5. A placename:; A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada. countable,uncountable
  6. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama. countable,uncountable
  7. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. countable,uncountable
  8. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A small town in Perry County, Arkansas. countable,uncountable
  9. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A small town in Kent County, Delaware. countable,uncountable
  10. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida. countable,uncountable
  11. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia. countable,uncountable
  12. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A township in Adams County, Illinois. countable,uncountable
  13. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana. countable,uncountable
  14. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota. countable,uncountable
  15. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. countable,uncountable
  16. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri. countable,uncountable
  17. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska. countable,uncountable
  18. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina. countable,uncountable
  19. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio. countable,uncountable
  20. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania. countable,uncountable
  21. A placename:; Other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee. countable,uncountable
  22. A placename:; Ellipsis of Houston County. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  23. The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas. countable,metonymically,uncountable
    — Houston, we've had a problem here.

词形变化

Houstons plural Hoston alternative Houstoun alternative Hughesdon alternative

词源

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
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