Coventry

英 [ˈkɒvəntri]

美 [ˈkʌvəntri]

n.  考文垂

BNC.5154

习惯用语

n.

send sb to Coventry
• 拒绝与某人交谈，不理某人（作为惩罚）
  to refuse to speak to sb, as a way of punishing them for sth that they have done

柯林斯词典

• (作为惩罚)拒绝与某人交谈
  If peoplesendyouto Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.

双语例句

• He asked me in the pub if I was a native, so I confessed I was from coventry, not a local girl.
  他在酒店里问我是不是本地人，我承认我是从考文垂来的，不是本地女孩。
• Lady Godiva rode naked through the empty streets of Coventry the next day.
  第二天葛黛瓦夫人一丝不挂骑着马穿过了空无一人的街道。
• Let's aim for Coventry first, and then we'll have a look at the map.
  让我们先以考文垂为目标，然后再看一下地图。
• I took my first extra-mural course in 1948 in Coventry, even though I was working in Birmingham
  1948年我在考文垂第一次上校外课，虽然当时我在伯明翰工作。
• Coventry Cathedral has modern architecture.
  考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
• Didn't she use to live in Coventry?
  她从前是住在考文垂这地方吗？
• Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry. She lived in the eleventh century.
  葛黛瓦是考文垂勋爵的漂亮太太。她生活在十一世纪。
• I've been accepted at Coventry University, he says.
  我已被考文垂大学录取了，他说。
• I'm in social Coventry through leaving the receiver off.
  停止使用无线电接收机，我好像被社会摈弃了。
• Zimbabwe took one gold and three bronze medals in women's swimming, all by Kirsty Coventry in the100-and200-meter events.
  津巴布韦在女子100米和200米游泳比赛中夺得1枚金牌和3枚铜牌。