large province of eastern Canada, probably from Portuguese lavrador "landholder," perhaps in reference to 15c. Portuguese explorer Joao Fernandes, a landholder in the Azores. The name was first applied to Greenland. The breed of retriever dog so called from 1815. Related: Labradorian.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Seesaw structure of subsurface temperature anomalies between the Barents Sea and the Labrador Sea.
在Barents海和Labrador海之間近地面溫度異常的蹺蹺板結(jié)構(gòu).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Phil took the labrador home and is weaning him off milk on to meat.
菲爾把拉布拉多犬帶回了家，正給它斷奶，改喂肉食。
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3. Years ago, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell served as a medical missionary in Labrador.