Denver是什么意思

n. 丹佛（地名，美国城市）

英文词源

Denver: city in Colorado, U.S., founded 1858 as Auraria ("golden"), renamed 1859 for Gen. James W. Denver (1817-1892), governor of the territory. The family name is from the place of that name in Norfolk, literally "ford or passage used by the Danes," from Old English Dena (genitive plural) + fær.

The Denver boot or shoe as the name for a wheel clamp for illegally parked vehicles, supposedly was invented 1953 by Frank Marugg, pattern-maker and violinist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. He was a friend of politicians and police department officials, and the city sheriff's department came to him for help in making a device to immobilize vehicles whose owners didn't pay parking tickets.

1. Denver has the inside track among 10 sites being considered.: 丹佛在10个被考虑的地点之中具有优势。

3. Denver, Colorado, became a one - newspaper city a few weeks ago : the Rocky Mountain News closed.: 在几个星期以前Colorado州的Denver市成为只有一家报纸的城市了.

4. Denver had won the championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-20 in overtime.: 丹佛队在加时赛中以23比20击败克利夫兰布朗队夺得冠军。

5. It would be a two - hour - twenty - minute non - stop flight to Denver.: 这是一次到丹佛的两个小时二十分钟的直达飞行.