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mason-dixon line

/ˈmeɪsən ˈdɪksən laɪn/

翻译: 1760年代在美国宾夕法尼亚州与马里兰州之间勘定的边界线,历史上被视为美国北方自由州与南方蓄奴州之间的分界线。

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/ˈmeɪsən ˈdɪksən laɪn/C1formalamericanpolitical
  • zh1760年代在美国宾夕法尼亚州与马里兰州之间勘定的边界线,历史上被视为美国北方自由州与南方蓄奴州之间的分界线。

A boundary line surveyed between Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 1760s, historically considered the dividing line between the Northern free states and Southern slave states in the United States.

  1. Historical boundaryB2formalamerican

    A boundary line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, separating Pennsylvania from Maryland and Delaware. It became a symbolic division between the Northern free states and Southern slave states in the United States.

    zh梅森-迪克森线

    • The Mason-Dixon Line was a key marker in the debate over slavery.
    • Historians often refer to the Mason-Dixon Line when discussing the Civil War.
    • Traveling south of the Mason-Dixon Line once meant entering a different legal and cultural region.