Nebraska是什么意思

Nebraska

英 [ni'br?sk?] 美

Nebraska: U.S. territory organized 1854, admitted as a state 1867, from a native Siouan name for the Platte River, either Omaha ni braska or Oto ni brathge, both literally "water flat." The modern river name is from French rivière platte, which means "flat river." Related: Nebraskan.
Bug eaters, a term applied derisively to the inhabitants of Nebraska by travellers on account of the poverty-stricken appearance of many parts of the State. If one living there were to refuse to eat bugs, he would, like Polonius, soon be "not where he eats but where he is eaten." [Walsh, 1892]

2. On that first day, more than 1,000,000 trees were planted in Nebraska.: 就在那一天, 內(nèi)布拉斯加種下了1000000多棵樹.

3. In this way Nebraska has been afforested , and it's green all the year around.: 現(xiàn)在的內(nèi)布拉斯加已經(jīng)普遍造林, 四季常青.

4. She was born on November 24,1885 , in the small frontier town of Friend, Nebraska.: 她一八八五年十一月二十四日出生于內(nèi)布拉斯加州一個(gè)叫弗倫德的邊疆小鎮(zhèn).

5. Because of him, Arbor Day was set up in Nebraska.: 因著他的努力, 內(nèi)布達(dá)斯卡州設(shè)立了植樹節(jié).