Greenwich是什么意思？

Greenwich

• n. 格林威治（位于英国伦敦东南部，为本初子午线所经之地，原设有英国皇家格林威治天文台），格林威治镇（位于美国康涅狄格州）；

例句

• China boasts the world's earliest observatory, built in Nanking in 1385 in the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 A . D . - 1644 A . D . ), three centuries ahead of the Greenwich Observatory built in Britain in 1670. 中国建有世界上最早的气象台. 公元1385年,明朝在南京建立观象台, 比英国格林尼治观象台 ( 建于1670年 ) 早三个世纪.
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. 格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次.
• Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian. 地球的经度是用格林尼治子午线向东或向西的度数来表示的.
• The longitude of New York is 74 degrees west of Greenwich. 纽约的经度是西经74度.
• Its headquarters will soon be relocated from Westminster to the Greenwich site. 其总部很快将从威斯敏斯特迁往格林尼治。
• Many of his Greenwich Village associates thought Dylan had sold out to commercialism. 迪伦在格林尼治村的许多朋友都认为他已经向商业主义屈服了。
• Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars. 在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。
• The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time... 潮汐预报用的是格林尼治标准时间。英国夏令时要在标准时基础上加一小时。
• Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out... 若想找个地儿开心地逛一天，没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。
• Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars... 在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time