Coventry

英 [ˈkɒvəntri]

美 [ˈkʌvəntri]

n.  考文垂

BNC.5154

习惯用语

n.

send sb to Coventry
• 拒绝与某人交谈，不理某人（作为惩罚）
  to refuse to speak to sb, as a way of punishing them for sth that they have done

柯林斯词典

• (作为惩罚)拒绝与某人交谈
  If peoplesendyouto Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.

双语例句

• The game took place at Cobham on Tuesday with the opposition provided by Coventry City's reserves.
  这场比赛是星期二在科巴姆训练基地进行的，对手是考文垂预备队。
• Many of the serious uses of virtual worlds were on show at a conference held in September at Coventry University in England.
  2007年9月在英国考文垂大学举行的会议论坛上展示了许多虚拟世界的真正用途。
• They punished me by sending me to Coventry for the rest of the summer holiday.
  他们在暑假剩下的日子里以不跟我讲话来惩罚我。
• Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry. She lived in the eleventh century.
  葛黛瓦是考文垂勋爵的漂亮太太。她生活在十一世纪。
• Coventry Cathedral has modern architecture.
  考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
• He asked me in the pub if I was a native, so I confessed I was from coventry, not a local girl.
  他在酒店里问我是不是本地人，我承认我是从考文垂来的，不是本地女孩。
• She was educated at her local school for three years before being sent away to boarding school in the nearby city of Coventry.
  她到附近的考文垂市上寄宿学校以前曾在当地的学校读过三年书。
• I took my first extra-mural course in 1948 in Coventry, even though I was working in Birmingham
  1948年我在考文垂第一次上校外课，虽然当时我在伯明翰工作。
• Black's transfer to an Italian football club came as a shock to Coventry cupporters.
  布莱克转到意大利足球俱乐部使考文垂支持者大为震惊。
• Didn't she use to live in Coventry?
  她从前是住在考文垂这地方吗？