释义
[ briz -beyn, -buh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbrɪz beɪn, -bən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
a seaport in and the capital of Queensland, in E Australia.
Words nearby Brisbane briquet, Briquet's syndrome, briquette, bris, brisance, Brisbane , Brisbane box, brisé, brise-bise, brisement forcé, brise-soleil
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Example sentences from the Web for Brisbane Indeed, Putin checked out of Brisbane early, claiming he needed to get some sleep.
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The G-20 leaders meeting the Russian president in Brisbane this weekend should be used to his lies.
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She was filmed desperately trying to hold her skirts down when she changed planes at Brisbane airport in September 2012.
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In September last year she was caught out when changing planes at breezy Brisbane airport.
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They are, from left to right, Perth (bottom left corner), Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane .
Australia's Ominously Bright Night Sky | Justin Green| December 10, 2012| DAILY BEAST
I wish I had never come back to this hell-ship, at Brisbane !
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
Twenty children at school; but the island is almost depopulated, some seven hundred gone to Brisbane and Fiji.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge
Perhaps the reader would like to see a specimen of Brisbane 's expositions.
History of American Socialisms | John Humphrey Noyes
I didn't suppose a man of Brisbane 's blood and brawn could have a girl as fine as she looks to be.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop | Hamlin Garland
Mr. Brisbane himself, as a capitalist, never had confidence enough in it to risk his fortune on it.
History of American Socialisms | John Humphrey Noyes
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British Dictionary definitions for Brisbane noun a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 1 508 161 (2001)
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Cultural definitions for Brisbane [ (briz -bayn, briz -buhn) ]
Capital of Queensland state and largest city in the state; located in eastern Australia on the Pacific Ocean; the third-largest city in Australia, after Sydney and Melbourne.
notes for Brisbane The British settled Brisbane in the early eighteenth century as a penal colony.
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