| 单词 | Mayflower, the |
| 释义 | Mayflower, thethe MayflowerMay·flow·er, the /ˈmeɪflaʊə $ -ər/ the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to Plymouth, Massachusetts in the US in 1620. They were Puritans who left England because they wanted to start a new society where they would be free to practise their religion. In the US, people sometimes say that someone’s family ‘came over on the Mayflower’ when they mean that they originally arrived in the US a very long time ago. “五月花”号〔1620年载着首批清教徒移民来到美国马萨诸塞州的普利茅斯的轮船；在美国，人们有时会说某人的家族是“乘五月花号来的”，说明这个家族在很久以前就来到了美国〕 |
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