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Antebellum Describe Civil Time War 英 ˌænti'beləm] 美 ˌænti'beləm

英语单词 antebellum
英美音标 英 [ˌænti'beləm] 美 [ˌænti'beləm]
中文释义 adj.战前的(尤指美国南北战争前的)
英语例句 (1) The capital of Louisiana, in the southeast-central part of the state on a bluff above the Mississippi River. It has notable antebellum houses. Population, 219,531.
中文例句 (1) 巴吞鲁日美国路易斯安那州的首府,位于密西西比河下峭壁的东南中心部,保留许多闻名的战前古建筑。人口219, 531
vocabulary简明 Use the adjective antebellum to describe something that happened before the American Civil War. You could talk about touring a historic antebellum plantation house in Georgia, for example.
vocabulary扩展 When historians describe the time before the Civil War, they call it "the antebellum period." The southern United States at that time is often called "the antebellum South." You might describe a plantation, an antique dress, or other artifacts of that historical period as antebellum. Officially, the word antebellum can describe the time just before any war, but it's usually used in reference to the Civil War. It comes from the Latin phrase ante bellum, literally "before the war."

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