Mesopotamia

[,mesəpə'teimiə]

Mesopotamia 美索不达米亚地区

meso-,在中间，-potam,河流，词源同hippopotamus,potamology.即在河流中间的，用于指伊拉克两河流域中间的地带。

1. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

Mesopotamia: ancient name for the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in modern Iraq), from Greek mesopotamia (khora), literally "a country between two rivers," from fem. of mesopotamos, from mesos "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + potamos "river" (see potamo-).

In 19c. the word sometimes was used in the sense of "anything which gives irrational or inexplicable comfort to the hearer," based on the story of the old woman who told her pastor that she "found great support in that comfortable word Mesopotamia" ["Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable," 1870]. The place was called Mespot (1917) by British soldiers serving there in World War I. Related: Mesopotamian.

Mesopotamia was probably the first region of the world where humans gained mastery over major rivers.: 美索不达米亚地区可能是世界上人类最早征服主干河流的地区。

Greek literature major form - myth, circulated a thick Mesopotamia atmosphere.: 希腊文学的重要形式 — 神话, 散发着浓厚的美索不达米亚气息.

Water Gulf region, Iraq has the Euphrates and Tigris in Mesopotamia.: 海湾地区缺水, 伊拉克却拥有幼发拉底河与底格里斯的两河流域.

Woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC.: 纺织布大概在公元前五千年起源于美索不达米亚.

This is not good but not so bad as for the Aral Sea and Mesopotamia.: 对于咸海与美索不达米亚地区而言,这不是好消息,但也不是那么糟糕.

In Mesopotamia, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the World.: 在美索不达米亚,则有世界七大奇迹之一的巴比伦空中花园.

Chemical traces in the dust allowed the scientists to pinpoint its origins in Mesopotamia.: 尘土中的化学物质使科学家可以确定它们来自美索不达米亚高原.