adelaide

adelaide — noun

1. Adelaide is the main city and government centre of South Australia, sitting on t

1.名詞
釋義

Adelaide is the main city and government centre of South Australia, sitting on the southern coast between rolling hills and the sea, and is known for its parks, wine regions, and arts festivals.

例句

Jin flew from Tokyo to Adelaide to visit his grandmother last winter.

place name used after 'to' for destination

The train from Melbourne to Adelaide takes about eleven hours through dry farmland.

city name as endpoint of a journey

文法句型

used as a place name without 'the'

用法筆記

Always capitalised and used without an article. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names a place, so it usually appears after prepositions like 'in', 'to', 'from', 'near'.

常見錯誤

❌I live in the Adelaide.
✅I live in Adelaide.
💡city names take no article in English.
❌adelaide is hot in summer.
✅Adelaide is hot in summer.
💡proper nouns must always be capitalised.

2. Adelaide is a female first name with German roots that means roughly "of noble k

2.名詞
釋義

Adelaide is a female first name with German roots that means roughly "of noble kind," and was popular among European royalty in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

例句

Adelaide laughed when her little brother spilled juice all over the picnic blanket.

first name as the subject of a sentence

My great-grandmother Adelaide grew up on a small farm in the south of France.

first name in apposition after a family role

同義詞
  • Adela

    older Germanic form of the same root

  • Adeline

    French diminutive often used as an alternative spelling

文法句型

used as a personal first name

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: a person's name will appear with verbs of speech, action, or feeling (laugh, ask, tell), while the city name appears mainly with prepositions of place. Common nicknames include Addie, Della, and Heidi.

常見錯誤

❌I met an Adelaide last week.
✅I met someone called Adelaide last week.
💡first names usually do not take 'an' unless you mean 'a person named X'.
❌adelaide brought the cake.
✅Adelaide brought the cake.
💡personal names must be capitalised.