音标:[kri:t] ;
n. (希腊)克里特岛
n. the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
词型变化:名词复数形式 : cretes

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(529) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Early modern humans didnt just chip away at stones to create their tools. They treated stone with fire in a sophisticated fashion, according to research published August 14th in the journal Science. About 72,000 years ago, our ancestors along coastal

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(422) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(八)月

今天我们要学的词是concrete。 Concrete具体的,实质性的。美中战略与经济对话星期二结束。美联社报道说,The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, 美中结束了为期两

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You will hear some history and a good yarn in this story, which is largely set on the Greek island of Crete. The island which is now a popular holiday destination was the scene of a World War II Battle in 1941. Bertie hears the story from an old gene

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Speaking of labyrinths, have you ever heard the story of the evil Minotaur, half man, half bull, 说到迷宫,你听说过凶恶的人身牛首怪物的传说吗?他一半是人一半是公牛, who lived in a labyrinth and made the Greeks send

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NEW YORK, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Crete, Greece at 21:39:09 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 40.00 km, was initially determined to be at 34.5118 degrees

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(355) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This weekend is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Crete. It was the first major battle of World War II for the New Zealand soldiers. Crete is a Greek island, south of the Greek mainland. During April 1941, the Germans had won battles in Greece,

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