Halifax是什么意思

哈里法克斯（财富500强公司之一，总部所在地英国；主要经营银行）

n. 哈利法克斯港或哈利法克斯市

英文词源

Halifax: place in West Yorkshire, late 11c., from Old English halh "secluded spot, nook of land" (cognate with Old English holh "hole, cavity") + feax "rough grass," literally "hair." In popular expressions coupled with Hull and Hell since at least 1620s. "In the 16th cent. the name was wrongly interpreted as OE halig-feax, 'holy hair', and a story invented of a maiden killed by a lustful priest whose advances she refused." [Victor Watts, "English Place-Names"]

1. The nearest safe anchorage was in Halifax, Nova Scotia.: 最近的安全泊地在新斯科舍省的哈利法克斯。来自柯林斯例句

2. Prices unexpectedly increased by 2.6 % in May, according to Halifax, a mortgage lender.: 根据Halifax的数据, 五月份的物价出乎意料地增加了2.6%.来自互联网

3. " You go to -- Halifax,'she said tensely, her green eyes slits of rage.: " 你给我滚 ---- 滚到远远的地方去! " 她恶狠狠地说, 那双绿眼睛冒出了怒火.来自飘（部分）

4. Halifax, of the Public Works Department , bubbled over with false bonhonmie.: 在市政工程厅任职的哈里法克斯装得情绪很高的样子, 不断打趣逗笑.来自辞典例句

5. Oh , I'm from Halifax , Nova Scotia. I'm Canadian of East Indian descent.: 我是新斯克舍省的哈利法克斯人. 我是东印度裔加拿大人.来自口语例句

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