历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-14
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
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May 14th1607, colonists 1 travel ashore 2 to Virginia to begin building Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the western hemisphere. 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark leave Saint Louis on their expedition to explore the Louisiana territory in what’s then America’s uncharted west. 1948, in Tel Aviv, the independent State of Israel, the World’s only Jewish state is proclaimed, as British rule in what’s then known as Palestine, comes to an end.
1973, NASA launches Skylab, America’s first manned space station into orbit from Cape 3 Canaveral, Florida.
1944, movie producer George Lucas, whose films include the Star War series and American Graffiti is born in Modesto California.
1998, singer and actor Frank Sinatra, also known as the Ol' Blue Eyes and chairman of the board dies in Los Angeles at age 82.
Today In History, May 14th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )
- Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。