adelaide

adelaide — 名詞

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

1.名詞
釋義

阿得雷德

澳洲南澳州的首府城市

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.

去年冬天，Jin 從東京飛到阿得雷德探望他的外婆。

place name used after 'to' for destination

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

從墨爾本搭火車到阿得雷德，要穿過乾燥的農地，大約需要十一個小時。

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

雅德萊

源自德語的女性名字，意為高貴

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.

看到弟弟把果汁灑滿野餐墊，雅德萊忍不住笑了出來。

first name as the subject of a sentence

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

我的曾祖母雅德萊在法國南部一座小農場長大。

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.