montgolfier

IPA/mˈɒntɡəlfiə/
IPA/mˈɔntɡəlfiɚ/

montgolfier — 名詞

1. 孟戈菲兄弟(the Montgolfier brothers),即 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier(1740–1810)與其弟 Jacque

1.名詞B2
釋義

孟戈菲兄弟

發明熱氣球的法國兄弟

孟戈菲兄弟(the Montgolfier brothers),即 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier(1740–1810)與其弟 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier(1745–1799),法國造紙商,於 1783 年建造並升空了世界上首具實用熱氣球,證明了載人輕於空氣飛行是可行的。

例句

The Montgolfier brothers tested their first unmanned balloon in June 1783 before sending animals up in a later flight.

孟戈菲兄弟在 1783 年 6 月測試了第一顆無人熱氣球,之後才讓動物升空飛行。

historical timeline: unmanned → animal → manned flights

King Louis XVI watched the Montgolfiers' manned balloon launch at Versailles on September 19, 1783.

法國國王路易十六於 1783 年 9 月 19 日在凡爾賽宮觀看了孟戈菲兄弟的載人熱氣球升空。

collocation: manned balloon launch

文法句型

the Montgolfier brothers + verb

用法筆記

Bopomofo(注音符號):ㄇㄥˋ ㄍㄜ ㄈㄟ。This word is almost always used in the plural form 'the Montgolfiers' or in the set phrase 'the Montgolfier brothers'. The singular is rare unless referring to one brother specifically by first name. The French feminine noun 'montgolfière' (a hot air balloon) is derived from their surname.

常見錯誤

The Montgolfiers discovered electricity.
The Montgolfiers invented the hot air balloon.
💡Their achievement was lighter-than-air flight, not electrical discovery.