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speke

/spiːk/

翻译: 专有名词,指约翰·汉宁·斯皮克,英国探险家,与理查德·伯顿爵士一起成为最早探索坦噶尼喀湖的欧洲人;他还发现并命名了维多利亚湖。

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/spiːk/formal
  • zh专有名词,指约翰·汉宁·斯皮克,英国探险家,与理查德·伯顿爵士一起成为最早探索坦噶尼喀湖的欧洲人;他还发现并命名了维多利亚湖。

A proper noun referring to John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who, alongside Sir Richard Burton, was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered and named Lake Victoria.

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  1. C1formal

    John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who, with Sir Richard Burton, was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it.

    zh英国探险家

    • Speke's expedition to the African Great Lakes was a major achievement in Victorian exploration.
    • He and Burton had a famous dispute over the source of the Nile.
    • Speke named Lake Victoria after the British monarch.