Great Wall

English

Proper noun

the Great Wall

Short for Great Wall of China.
- [1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎, London: John Macock, OCLC 561227535, page 6:
  China ſituated in the furtheſt part of Aſia, borders towards the Eaſt, South, and Weſt, upon the great Indian Sea, and is called Tung by the Chineſes, which ſignifies Eaſterly. And on the North it is ſeparated from the Kingdoms of Ninche, and Nicolhan, by that famous Wall which was made by thoſe of China againſt the Invaſion of the Tartars.]
- 1741, Uncredited translator, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary by Jean-Baptiste du Halde, London: Edward Cave, pages 20-21,
  The Gates of the Great Wall are defended on the ſide of China, by pretty large Forts : The firſt of them to the Eaſt is call'd Shang-bay-Quan, it ſtands near the Wall, which extends, from the Bulwark before-mentioned, the Space of a League, along a Country perfectly level, and does not begin to aſcend the Mountains, till after it has paſs'd that Place.
- 1904, C. D. Tenney, Geography of Asia‎, New York: MacMillan and Co, OCLC 182639088, page 6:
  Kalgan or Chang-chia-k'ou (張家口) is in the north-western corner of the province just inside the Great Wall, at the beginning of the camel route across the desert to Siberia.
- 1956 October, Liu, Grace, “A Train Trip in China”, in New World Review‎, volume 24, number 10, New York: S.R.T. Publications, ISSN 0028-7067, OCLC 8299959, page 20, column 1:
  On the trip out our car was full of railway workers, going out to work on the Lanchow-Sinkiang Railway which had already reached Yumen, China’s biggest oil field, and in 1960 will connect with the Soviet Union’s Turkestan-Siberia Railway; or to the Lanchow-Yinchuan section, which cuts through the Great Wall to reach Yinchuan, a major wool, hide and skin trading center in the Northwest.
- 1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, LCCN 68-10064, OCLC 1036882, page 533, column 1:
  Under the Nationalist regime, Peking's municipal area covered more than 300 sq.mi. Under the Communists, the city limits were greatly expanded. As a result of annexations in 1953, the municipal district was extended to the Great Wall, 35 mi. from the city centre.
- 2005, Clinton, Bill, My Life‎, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, OCLC 60594427, page 435:
  After we toured the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, I held a question-and-answer session with students at Beijing University.
- 2007 [28 April 1984], Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, editor, The Reagan Diaries‎, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 235:
  After lunch we picked up Nancy & were off to the Great Wall. All the way we waved our arms off at the crowds lining the streets to see us & even in the villages after we got out of the country.
  The Wall has an amazing effect even though you've seen photos & movies of it. There is a feeling I can't describe when you stand on it & see it disappear over the mountains in both directions.
(astronomy) Either of two identified areas containing hundreds of galaxies.

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单词	Great Wall
释义	Great Wall English Proper noun the Great Wall Short for Great Wall of China. [1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎, London: John Macock, OCLC 561227535, page 6: China ſituated in the furtheſt part of Aſia, borders towards the Eaſt, South, and Weſt, upon the great Indian Sea, and is called Tung by the Chineſes, which ſignifies Eaſterly. And on the North it is ſeparated from the Kingdoms of Ninche, and Nicolhan, by that famous Wall which was made by thoſe of China againſt the Invaſion of the Tartars.] 1741, Uncredited translator, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary by Jean-Baptiste du Halde, London: Edward Cave, pages 20-21, The Gates of the Great Wall are defended on the ſide of China, by pretty large Forts : The firſt of them to the Eaſt is call'd Shang-bay-Quan, it ſtands near the Wall, which extends, from the Bulwark before-mentioned, the Space of a League, along a Country perfectly level, and does not begin to aſcend the Mountains, till after it has paſs'd that Place. 1904, C. D. Tenney, Geography of Asia‎, New York: MacMillan and Co, OCLC 182639088, page 6: Kalgan or Chang-chia-k'ou (張家口) is in the north-western corner of the province just inside the Great Wall, at the beginning of the camel route across the desert to Siberia. 1956 October, Liu, Grace, “A Train Trip in China”, in New World Review‎, volume 24, number 10, New York: S.R.T. Publications, ISSN 0028-7067, OCLC 8299959, page 20, column 1: On the trip out our car was full of railway workers, going out to work on the Lanchow-Sinkiang Railway which had already reached Yumen, China’s biggest oil field, and in 1960 will connect with the Soviet Union’s Turkestan-Siberia Railway; or to the Lanchow-Yinchuan section, which cuts through the Great Wall to reach Yinchuan, a major wool, hide and skin trading center in the Northwest. 1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, LCCN 68-10064, OCLC 1036882, page 533, column 1: Under the Nationalist regime, Peking's municipal area covered more than 300 sq.mi. Under the Communists, the city limits were greatly expanded. As a result of annexations in 1953, the municipal district was extended to the Great Wall, 35 mi. from the city centre. 2005, Clinton, Bill, My Life‎, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, OCLC 60594427, page 435: After we toured the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, I held a question-and-answer session with students at Beijing University. 2007 [28 April 1984], Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley, editor, The Reagan Diaries‎, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 235: After lunch we picked up Nancy & were off to the Great Wall. All the way we waved our arms off at the crowds lining the streets to see us & even in the villages after we got out of the country. The Wall has an amazing effect even though you've seen photos & movies of it. There is a feeling I can't describe when you stand on it & see it disappear over the mountains in both directions. (astronomy) Either of two identified areas containing hundreds of galaxies. Anagrams water-gall
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