1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik "the Mountain of Tarik," hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impregnability by 1856. Formerly also the name of a kind of rock-candy (1831).
雙語例句
1. Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.
直布羅陀是地中海的要沖.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
直布羅陀海峽是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. This ship calls at Gibraltar on the way to Port Said.
這艘船在去賽保港的途中停靠直布羅陀.
來自辭典例句
4. Gibraltar has been called the key to the Mediterranean.
直布羅陀一直被稱做地中海的門戶.
來自辭典例句
5. The Rock of Gibraltar is honeycombed with caves.