Search results for ‘became’
English to Chinese Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- become
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- 1. (+ noun) 成为
- 2. (+ adj) 变
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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 42)
- 曲
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qu, a type of verse for singing, which emerged in the Southern Song and Jin Dynasties and became popular in the Yuan Dynasty
- 2. song; tune; melody
- 3. music (of a song)
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- 突厥
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Tujue; an ethnic minority group of ancient China that roamed the Altay mountains in search of pasture, and which in the Mid-6th century became powerful and prosperous and set up its own regime. Later the Tujue divided into eastern and western groups, but went to perdition in Mid-8th and Mid-7th century respectively.
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- 分庭抗礼(分庭抗禮)
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In ancient times a host and a guest stood in the east and west sides of a courtyard respectively and saluted to show equal treatment. It then became used as a metaphor to mean equal status and power of two parties who are able to deal with each other.
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- 黑马(黑馬)
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A dark horse: first coined in "The Young Duke" written by Benjamin Disraeli: in a match, an ordinary and little-known black horse unexpectedly became the winner by passing the expected winner. New meaning: A little-known, unexpectedly successful entrant, as in a horserace.
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- 鳄鱼眼泪(鰐魚眼淚)
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As western legend goes, crocodiles will shed tears when they eat human beings or other animals. It then became used as a metaphor to mean the false mercy of bad people.
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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- become
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- 1. to come to be; develop or grow into
- 2. to fall to or be the lot (of); happen (to)
- 3. (of clothes, etc) to enhance the appearance of (someone); suit
- 4. to be appropriate; befit
- 5. Old English becuman to happen; related to Old High German biqueman to come to, Gothic biquiman to appear suddenly
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Examples (1-5 of 368)
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The going became more difficult as the rain became heavier.
- 雨越下越大,路况变得更差了。
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She became a cripple,and I don't know what became of her.
- 我不知道她身上发生了什么事,让她成了一个跛子。
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He became a school teacher.
- 他成为了一名小学教师。
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The hotel became theirs.
- 这家旅馆变成他们的了。
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After a while, architects and other people became tired of buildings that looked like boxes.
- 不久之后,建筑师们和其他人都厌倦了这些看起来像盒子的建筑物。