Lambeth

释义

• n. 伦敦朗伯斯区；伦敦坎特伯雷大主教官邸

词源

Lambeth

used metonymically for "Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury," 1859, from the archbishop's palace in Lambeth, a South London borough. The Lambeth Walk was a Cockney song and dance, popularized in Britain 1937 in the revue "Me and my Gal," named for a street in the borough. The place name is Old English lambehyðe, "place where lambs are embarked or landed."

例句

• 1. Opposite this grandeur, on the Surrey side, were the dingy warehouses and factories of Lambeth. 在这壮观的景物对面, 在萨里这一边, 是兰贝斯的脏污的栈房和一家家工厂.