Missouri是什么意思？

Missouri

英[mɪ'zʊərɪ] 美[mɪ'zʊrɪ]

• n. 密苏里州（美国州名）；

例句

• He was trying to woo the daughter of a Missouri aris-tocrat. 他正试图追求一位密苏里的豪门小姐。
• There were more evacuations in Missouri where levees have been topped by rising flood waters. 在密苏里州,因洪水泛滥许多防洪堤被水覆盖了,越来越多的居民都搬迁了.
• In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country. 在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。
• He was trying to woo the daughter of a Missouri aris - tocrat. 他正试图追求一位密苏里的豪门小姐.
• The Missouri River is the chief tributary of the Mississippi. 密苏里河是密西西比河的主要支流.
• The deposits is very similar to the Mississippi Valley Type deposits in Appalachian and Missouri, USA. 矿床成因属密西西比河谷型(MVT),其地质特点可与北美Appalachia地区和Missouri地区的MVT矿床对比.
• In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country... 在过去的总统选举中，密苏里州一直是国内其他州的晴雨表。

英语六级真题

Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in 1811.
出自-2010年6月听力原文

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
  2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
  3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
  4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri people