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英国一州城

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n.
   A town in the county of Warwick, England.

   {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out
      from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.

   {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at
      Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Coventry
     n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from
          society by general consent); "the association should get
          rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of
          course, but by Coventry" [syn: {banishment}, {ostracism}]
     2: an industrial city in central England; devastated by air
        raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady
        Godiva in the 11th century