clark

IPA/ˌleɪk klɑːk ˌnæʃ.ən.əl pɑːk ən prɪˈzɜːv/
KK[klˈɑrk]IPA/ˌleɪk klɑːrk ˌnæʃ.ən.əl pɑːrk ən prɪˈzɜːv/

clark — 名詞

1. A common English family name carried by many well-known people in history, inclu

1.名詞B1
釋義

克拉克

英語姓氏，多位歷史名人皆姓此姓

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).

例句

Ryo wrote his school history report on the explorer William Clark.

Ryo 的學校歷史報告寫的是探險家 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.

許多紐西蘭人仍然記得帶領國家九年的總理 Helen Clark。

collocation: Prime Minister Clark (political figure)

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

❌Lewis and Clark were two French explorers.
✅Lewis and Clark were two American explorers.
💡both men served the United States, not France.

2. Short name for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, a wild area of about 16,00

2.名詞C1
釋義

克拉克公園

美國阿拉斯加州南部的荒野國家公園

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.

例句

Felipe took a small plane from Anchorage into Lake Clark to film the brown bears.

Felipe 從安克拉治搭小飛機進入 Lake Clark 拍攝棕熊。

Lake Clark as the full place name

Park rangers at Clark keep a careful count of the salmon swimming up the rivers each summer.

Clark 的公園管理員每年夏天都會仔細記錄逆流而上的鮭魚數量。

highlights: 'at Clark' for the park location

同義詞

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.

常見錯誤

❌Lake Clark is on the east coast of the United States.
✅Lake Clark is in the U.S. state of Alaska.
💡the park is in southern Alaska, far from the Atlantic coast.