考文垂

Kǎowénchuí

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Meanings

1 Coventry (city in the West Midlands of England)

Characters

to test (phonetic 'ko/co')

writing (phonetic 'ven')

to hang down (phonetic '-try')

Examples

考文垂是英国中部一座工业城市。

Kǎowénchuí shì Yīngguó zhōngbù yī zuò gōngyè chéngshì.

Coventry is an industrial city in central England.

二战期间，考文垂遭到了德军的猛烈轰炸。

Èrzhàn qījiān, Kǎowénchuí zāo dàole Déjūn de měngliè hōngzhà.

During WWII, Coventry was heavily bombed by German forces.

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history

Standard transliteration of Coventry. Famous for the 14 November 1940 Luftwaffe air raid (the 'Coventry Blitz') that destroyed its medieval cathedral, and for the legend of 戈黛娃夫人 (Lady Godiva). Today best known for Coventry City football club and Warwick University nearby.

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