sheffield
sheffield — 名詞
1. A city in South Yorkshire in northern England, with a population of about 518,00
雪菲爾
英格蘭北部南約克郡的鋼鐵工業城市
A city in South Yorkshire in northern England, with a population of about 518,000 people. It sits at the meeting point of five small rivers and is famous around the world for making steel and metal knives, forks, and tools. Today the city is also known for its two large universities and for its two football clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
Hiro studied engineering at one of the two universities in Sheffield for four years.
Hiro 在雪菲爾兩所大學的其中一所讀了四年工程。
collocation: study at a university in Sheffield
Élise took the train from London to Sheffield in just over two hours.
Élise 搭火車從倫敦到雪菲爾，只花了兩個多小時。
proper noun: a destination you travel to
Many old factories in Sheffield once made knives, forks, and scissors from local steel.
雪菲爾許多老工廠過去都用當地的鋼鐵製造刀子、叉子和剪刀。
Sheffield sits among seven low hills in the south of Yorkshire.
雪菲爾坐落在約克郡南部七座低矮的山丘之間。
Tara grew up watching Sheffield United play at the Bramall Lane stadium.
Tara 從小就看著雪菲爾聯隊在布拉莫巷球場踢球。
- the Steel City
informal nickname referring to the city's steel-making history; common in news writing and tourism
用法筆記
Refers to the English city itself. The same name appears in several small American towns (for example, Sheffield in Alabama and Massachusetts), but those uses are rare in international English and usually marked with the state name to avoid confusion.