English city, county town of Lincolnshire, Old English Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia from a Latinized form of British *lindo "pool, lake" (corresponding to Welsh llyn). Originally a station for retired IX Legion veterans. Lincoln green as a type of dyed cloth fabric made there is from c. 1500. In reference to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Lincolnesque is from 1894 (earlierst reference is to the beard); Lincolniana is from (1862).
双语例句
1. His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder.
他的写作得益于他感到已故的林肯一直在他身后激励着他。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Their inclination to wait and demand more resources desolated President Lincoln.
他们总是等待并要求得到更多资财的倾向让林肯总统甚感不快。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness.
亚伯拉罕·林肯成就卓越。
来自柯林斯例句
4. She made a plaster cast of a bust of Lincoln.
她用石膏塑造了一座林肯半身像.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the abolition of slavery, he succeeded.
