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单词 Timbuktu
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Definition of Timbuktu in English:

Timbuktu

(also Timbuctoo)
proper nounˌtɪmbʌkˈtuːˌtɪmbəkˈtu
  • 1A town in northern Mali; population 35,600 (est. 2009). It was formerly a major trading centre for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 16th century but falling into decline after its capture by the Moroccans in 1591.

    廷巴克图,丁布各都(马里北部城市,2009年估计人口35, 600,原为横跨撒哈拉沙漠贸易通道上黄金和盐的主要交易中心,16世纪达到鼎盛时期,1591年被摩洛哥人占领后衰落;法语名TOMBOUCTOU )

    French name Tombouctou
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a remote or extremely distant place.
      遥远的地方
      from here to Timbuktu

      从这儿到天涯海角。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If someone tells you they're going from here to Timbuktu you probably think they're on the road to nowhere.
      • Also, since you're not moving to Timbuktu or anything, you can always visit your old stomping grounds.
      • You would hear the screams from here to Timbuktu.
      • Her already far away eyes began to beat a swift path for Timbuktu.
      • They say that if you don't shut-up and listen they'll send you to Timbuktu.

Rhymes

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Definition of Timbuktu in US English:

Timbuktu

(also Timbuctoo)
proper nounˌtimbəkˈto͞oˌtɪmbəkˈtu
  • 1A town in northern Mali; population 35,600 (est. 2009). Formerly a major trading center for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes, it reached the height of its prosperity in the 16th century but fell into decline after its capture by the Moroccans in 1591.

    廷巴克图,丁布各都(马里北部城市,2009年估计人口35, 600,原为横跨撒哈拉沙漠贸易通道上黄金和盐的主要交易中心,16世纪达到鼎盛时期,1591年被摩洛哥人占领后衰落;法语名TOMBOUCTOU )

    French name Tombouctou
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a remote or extremely distant place.
      遥远的地方
      from here to Timbuktu

      从这儿到天涯海角。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You would hear the screams from here to Timbuktu.
      • Her already far away eyes began to beat a swift path for Timbuktu.
      • If someone tells you they're going from here to Timbuktu you probably think they're on the road to nowhere.
      • Also, since you're not moving to Timbuktu or anything, you can always visit your old stomping grounds.
      • They say that if you don't shut-up and listen they'll send you to Timbuktu.
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