| 单词 | Rock of Gibraltar |
| 释义 | Rock of Gibraltar (once / 34160 pages) n WORD FAMILY Rock of Gibraltar USAGE EXAMPLESOnly a few thousand remain in Morocco and Algeria and there is a feral population on the Rock of Gibraltar. Reuters(Sep 28, 2016) While about 200 live safely on the Rock of Gibraltar, they are experiencing rapid decline in their natural habitats in North Africa. BBC(Sep 28, 2016) Mr. Dimon went on to say: “We make loans. We help companies. We help communities. We are the Rock of Gibraltar in the tough times.” New York Times(Aug 02, 2016) n location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules Syn|Exp Calpe, Gibraltar colony, settlement a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government foreland, head, headland, promontorya natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
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