paso

paso — 名詞

1. a major city in far western Texas, located on the Rio Grande directly across fro

1.名詞B1
釋義

艾爾帕索

美國德州西部城市,又稱埃爾帕索

a major city in far western Texas, located on the Rio Grande directly across from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and known for its desert landscape and strong Mexican-American heritage.

例句

Gabriela's family moved to Paso when her father got a job at the university hospital.

Gabriela 的家人搬到艾爾帕索,因為她父親在大學醫院找到工作。

used as destination with 'move to'

Paso has become one of the safest big cities in the southwestern United States.

艾爾帕索已成為美國西南部最安全的大城市之一。

city as grammatical subject

用法筆記

Paso is a shortened form of the full city name El Paso. In formal writing, the full name El Paso is preferred, but Paso alone is commonly used in informal speech and regional news. The name comes from Spanish el paso meaning 'the pass'.

常見錯誤

I flew into Pasco, Texas last night.
I flew into Paso, Texas last night.
💡Paso (El Paso) and Pasco (a city in Washington state) are different places.