英:[rəʊm]
美:[roʊm]
英:[rəʊm]
美:[roʊm]
罗马(意大利首都);罗马不是一天建成的;伟业非一日之功;入乡随俗
geographical name
or Italian Roma ˈrō-mä or ancient Roma ˈrō-mə city and capital of Italy on the Tiber River population 2,617,175
the Roman Empire
city in northwestern Georgia northwest of Atlanta population 36,303
city in central New York on the Mohawk River northwest of Utica population 33,725
意大利的首都; 古罗马共和国和帝国的所在地; 教皇城市,古英语,源自古法语 Rome,源自拉丁语 Roma,一个起源不确定的词。根据塔克的说法,“最初的 Roma quadrata 是帕拉蒂尼山上的一座设防的围墙”,他认为这个词不可能源自 *sreu- “流动”,并建议这个名字“最有可能”源自 *urobsma(urbs, robur),或者“但不太可能”源自 *urosma “山丘”(比较梵语 varsman- “高度,点”,立陶宛语 viršus “上部”)。另一个建议 [Klein] 是它来自于伊特鲁里亚语(比较 Rumon,提伯河的旧名)。
在谚语中很常见,比如 Rome was not buylt in one daye(1540年代); for when a man doth to Rome come, he must do as there is done(1590年代); All roads lead to Rome(1795年)。
1 “I’m sorry, dear. Layers upon layers of history here, but it’s nothing compared to Greece. Athens was old when Rome was a collection of mud huts. You’ll see, if you survive.”
2 He was still thinking about the lines of prophecy the harpy had recited—about the son of Neptune drowning, and the mark of Athena burning through Rome.
3 Cleopatra’s father continued this policy making sure that Egypt stayed on Rome’s good side at any cost.
4 However, Octavian soon arrived in Rome to collect his inheritance, which he felt included taking over his uncle’s role as leader of the Republic.
5 “I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome.”
6 Rome will be overrun, its legacy lost forever.
7 I loved to read about ancient Rome, and I was quicker than my brother to find the lessons in the fables of Aesop.
8 An Indian text written the same year that Rome fell—476 AD—shows the influence of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian mathematics, brought by Alexander as he penetrated Indian lands.
9 Might Henry have made a pass at him in Rome?
10 Judea and the other allied kingdoms on the frontier joined forces with Rome.
11 Cleopatra knew it, too, but she had other ideas about who would ultimately rule Rome.
12 In New Rome, he’d offered to give up his position to Percy Jackson.
13 Egypt would fall under Rome’s protection but would not be annexed to the Republic.
14 He kept pleading, “I’m on your side!” but his orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt didn’t help matters—nor did the warship overhead, firing flaming spears into New Rome.
15 “The lost Sibylline books that outlined the entire destiny of Rome. If Ella actually read a copy somehow, and memorized it—” “Then she’s the most valuable harpy in the world,” Frank said.
16 I think Rome at its worst had nothing on Chicago during those lurid days.”
17 “Yes, blow your little horns, demigods. Soon, the legacy of Rome will be destroyed for the last time!”
18 She wanted to wander the streets of New Rome, holding hands with Frank Zhang.
19 The golden domes and red-tiled roofs of New Rome spread out below her.
20 Instead of returning to Rome with the sudden fortune, which had been his dream maturing in misery, José Arcadio converted the house into a decadent paradise.