Coventry

英 [ˈkɒvəntri]

美 [ˈkʌvəntri]

n.  考文垂

BNC.5154

习惯用语

n.

send sb to Coventry
• 拒绝与某人交谈，不理某人（作为惩罚）
  to refuse to speak to sb, as a way of punishing them for sth that they have done

柯林斯词典

• (作为惩罚)拒绝与某人交谈
  If peoplesendyouto Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.

双语例句

• Coventry was blitzed mercilessly during the second world war.
  二战期间考文垂被惨无人道地空袭过。
• In2004, he studied in Coventry University, UK, receiving a Master's Degree of Communication Management.
  年在英国考文垂大学学习，获通信管理硕士学位。
• It says this train is for Birmingham and Coventry only.
  上面说这火车只到伯明翰和考文垂。
• Coventry Cathedral has modern architecture.
  考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
• In 1940, during World War Two, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
  1940年的这一天，德国战机在二战期间几乎摧毁英国的考文垂市。
• He asked me in the pub if I was a native, so I confessed I was from coventry, not a local girl.
  他在酒店里问我是不是本地人，我承认我是从考文垂来的，不是本地女孩。
• According to an old legend, the Lord taxed the people of Coventry heavily and unjustly.
  根据古老的传说，勋爵摊在考文垂人身上的税既重又不公平。
• I'm in social Coventry through leaving the receiver off.
  停止使用无线电接收机，我好像被社会摈弃了。
• The campus is linked by regular bus services to Coventry.
  校园与考文垂之间由班车连接起来。
• Many of the serious uses of virtual worlds were on show at a conference held in September at Coventry University in England.
  2007年9月在英国考文垂大学举行的会议论坛上展示了许多虚拟世界的真正用途。