clark
clark — noun
1. A common English family name carried by many well-known people in history, inclu
A common English family name carried by many well-known people in history, including the American soldier and frontiersman George Rogers Clark (1752–1818), his younger brother the explorer William Clark (1770–1838), the New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark (born 1950), the Canadian prime minister Joe Clark (born 1939), the American general Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), the American psychologist Kenneth B. Clark (1914–2005), the British art historian Kenneth Clark (1903–1983), and the American jurist Tom Campbell Clark (1899–1977).
Ryo wrote his school history report on the explorer William Clark.
proper noun: surname of a historical figure
Many New Zealanders still remember Helen Clark as the prime minister who led the country for nine years.
collocation: Prime Minister Clark (political figure)
Olivia married a man called Mr. Clark at a small church in the countryside.
Professor Charlotte Clark teaches American history at a small college in Boston.
Lewis and Clark led an expedition across North America in the early 1800s.
用法筆記
Frequently appears with a first name (Helen Clark, William Clark) or in the fixed pair 'Lewis and Clark' that names the famous westward expedition. Used both as a real-life surname and as a common surname for fictional characters.
常見錯誤
2. Short name for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, a wild area of about 16,00
Short name for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, a wild area of about 16,000 square kilometres in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The park is full of lakes, glaciers, and volcanoes, and has no roads — most visitors arrive by small plane.
Felipe took a small plane from Anchorage into Lake Clark to film the brown bears.
Lake Clark as the full place name
Park rangers at Clark keep a careful count of the salmon swimming up the rivers each summer.
highlights: 'at Clark' for the park location
Kofi spent two weeks hiking around the volcanoes inside Lake Clark with a small group of friends.
There are no roads into Clark, so a flight to a small dirt strip is the only way in.
- Lake Clark National Park
the full official name; preferred in formal writing and on park signs
用法筆記
The full name 'Lake Clark National Park' is used in formal writing and on maps; in everyday speech park rangers and frequent visitors may shorten it to 'Clark' or 'Lake Clark'. Distinguish from sense 1, the surname of historical figures.