chicago

美国伊利诺伊州东北部、密歇根湖畔的大城市，也是库克县的县治。

💡 记忆钩子

把 Chicago 记成密歇根湖畔的一座大城市：这个专有名称首先指这座城市本身，谈到当地的人、生活或事件时，也常用它作地点标记。

📖 中文释义

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core 芝加哥

📖 指美国伊利诺伊州东北部、密歇根湖畔的芝加哥市；记住“湖畔的大城市”这一核心画面，就能理解它在地点、居民和城市生活语境中的用法。

💡 常见句型是“去／在／来自 Chicago”或“Chicago + 名词”，用来说明地点或与该城市有关的事物。作城市名称时通常不加冠词，也不把它当作可数普通名词使用。中文里应译作“芝加哥”，不要误解为普通词语或人名。

She moved to Chicago for work.

她为了工作搬到了芝加哥。

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

同义词集: michigan chicago newmarket boodle stops

上位: card game, cards

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

同义词集: chicago windy city

🌳 词源

名称经法语转写而来，源自迈阿密-伊利诺伊语中表示野葱、坡葱等植物的词，也与表示条纹臭鼬的相关词有联系。

Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Miami šikaakwabor. French Chécagoubor. English Chicago From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh /zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk.

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