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wisconsin
🇺🇸 /wɪskˈɑnsʌn/
Wisconsin 是美国中西部的一个州名,也可指流经该州的河流,以及该州立大学麦迪逊分校的简称。
💡 记忆钩子
把 Wisconsin 想成一张以河流为中心的地图:先是 Wisconsin 州,州名又来自 Wisconsin 河;在大学语境中,人们还会用这个州名简称指 Wisconsin–Madison 大学。
📝 学习建议
- 先记作美国州名,再根据上下文判断它是在说河流还是大学;不要把它当作普通地名来翻译。
- 指大学时通常依靠校园、校队或招生等上下文判断,不能仅凭 Wisconsin 一个词确定具体机构。
📖 中文释义
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core 美国威斯康星州📖 指美国中西部北部的一个州,是这个词最常见、最基本的地理含义。💡 常用于“在 Wisconsin”“来自 Wisconsin”“Wisconsin 州”等地点结构中;表示行政区域时通常译为“威斯康星州”。不要把它误解成城市名,也不要在中文正文中省略“州”而造成指代不清。She grew up in Wisconsin and still visits her family there every summer.她在威斯康星州长大,每年夏天仍会去那里探望家人。Wisconsin is known for its forests, lakes, and dairy farms.威斯康星州以森林、湖泊和奶牛场闻名。
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common 威斯康星河📖 指美国的一条河,从威斯康星州北部向南流入密西西比河;这里的 Wisconsin 是用州名来命名河流。💡 通常与“河流经”“沿河”“汇入”等表达连用,必要时可说“Wisconsin River”以明确表示河名。看到水域、航行或地理描述时,不要自动把 Wisconsin 理解为州。The Wisconsin River flows south and eventually joins the Mississippi River.威斯康星河向南流,最终汇入密西西比河。
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common 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校📖 在美国大学语境中,Wisconsin 可以简称威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校,尤其常见于校园生活和体育语境。💡 常出现在“就读于”“毕业于”“代表学校比赛”等结构中,正式或需要避免歧义时使用完整校名。中文学习者不要把这里的 Wisconsin 只理解为学生来自该州;它也可能指学校、校队或学校社群。He studied engineering at Wisconsin before moving to Chicago.他先在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校学习工程,后来搬到了芝加哥。
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
a midwestern state in north central United States
同义词集:
wisconsin
badger state
wi
wis.
wisc.
a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
同义词集:
wisconsin
wisconsin river
🌳 词源
经法语 Ouisconsin 借入英语,最终源自当地美洲原住民语言,但确切词源和原始含义仍有多种说法,尚无定论。
Borrowed from French Ouisconsin, itself borrowed from an uncertain Native American language. Theories include:
* Miami meeskohsinki or Algonquin meskousing, both meaning "it lies red", the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian-speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. "Meskousing" is known from maps drawn by the French from the 1670s onwards, it is believed subsequent transcribers mistook the stylized cursive "M" for "OU".
* Menominee wēskōhsek (“a good place”), from Wēskōhsek Sēpēw ("the river where it is good to live")
* An Ojibwe term, suggestions include miskwasiniig (“red stones”), referring to the red sandstone of the dells of the Wisconsin River; and wiishihkaanhs (“little lodge”), referring to the dwellings of the abundant beavers and muskrats.
A researcher for the State of Wisconsin Historical Society concluded in frustration, "I have not found two Indians to agree on the meaning of this word."
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