单词 | New Amsterdam |
释义 | New Amsterdam (once / 10601 pages) n WORD FAMILY New Amsterdam USAGE EXAMPLESHe had a number of run-ins with Peter Stuyvesant, the peg-legged, autocratic governor of New Amsterdam, who abhorred religious liberty. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) The last time production was halted, the city was still called New Amsterdam, Henry Schwartz told The Times in August. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) Within a few decades of founding New Amsterdam, the Dutch built a wall, first to keep out the Indians, then the British. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) n a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York Exp 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 |
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