oregon
/ˈɒr.ɪ.ɡən/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɔrəɡən] /ˈɔːr.ɪ.ɡən/ (ame, ipa)
oregon — 名詞
1. a US state in the Pacific Northwest, between Washington and California, with Sal
俄勒岡州
美國西北部太平洋沿岸的州份
a US state in the Pacific Northwest, between Washington and California, with Salem as its capital and Portland as its largest city
Henrik drove from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, in just under three hours.
Henrik 從西雅圖開車到俄勒岡州的波特蘭,花了不到三個小時。
city, state pattern: Portland, Oregon
Lien spent a rainy afternoon walking along the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach.
Lien 在一個下雨的午後沿著坎農海灘附近的俄勒岡海岸散步。
Oregon as modifier before a noun: Oregon coast
Jabari's uncle runs a small vineyard in the hills of southern Oregon.
Jabari 的叔叔在俄勒岡州南部的山丘上經營一座小葡萄園。
The Oregon Trail was a historic route that thousands of settlers followed west.
俄勒岡小徑是一條歷史路線,數千名拓荒者曾沿著它向西前進。
Maeve moved to Oregon last spring and found work at a bakery in downtown Salem.
Maeve 去年春天搬到俄勒岡州,在塞勒姆市中心的一家麵包店找到了工作。
用法筆記
Oregon is often used as a modifier before nouns without changing form (Oregon coast, Oregon wine, Oregon Trail). When naming a city within the state in formal writing, the standard pattern is 'Portland, Oregon' with a comma between city and state.