Alamo是什么意思？

Alamo

英['æləˌməʊ] 美['æləˌmoʊ]

• n. 白杨；

复数：alamos;

例句

• Have you ever heard about the Battle of the Alamo? 你听过“阿拉摩之役” 吗 ?
• The Alamo was the first defense against the Mexicans. 阿拉摩之役是抵抗墨西哥人的首次防卫战.
• Fortunately, he died nobly at the Alamo , fighting for Texan independence, and thus secured immortality. 幸而他在得克萨斯争取独立的战争里在阿拉莫英勇战死, 因而获得不朽.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico