canterbury

canterbury — noun

1. a city in southeast England, famous for Canterbury Cathedral, a large old church

1.名詞B1
釋義

a city in southeast England, famous for Canterbury Cathedral, a large old church that is the main centre of the Christian faith in England.

例句

Thousands of tourists visit Canterbury Cathedral every year to see its beautiful stained-glass windows.

collocation: Canterbury Cathedral + stained-glass windows

Each year, the Archbishop of Canterbury leads important services at the city's thousand-year-old cathedral.

collocation: the Archbishop of Canterbury + leads services

用法筆記

Canterbury is a proper noun and is always capitalised. As a city name, it typically appears without an article: 'She lives in Canterbury.' The definite article 'the' is used in fixed expressions such as 'the Archbishop of Canterbury' and 'the Canterbury Tales'. After Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was killed inside the cathedral in 1170, the city became a special place for Christian visitors to travel to.

常見錯誤

❌I visited the canterbury cathedral last summer.
✅I visited Canterbury Cathedral last summer.
💡'Canterbury' and 'Canterbury Cathedral' are proper nouns and must be capitalised.