armada
armada 英 [ɑ:ˈmɑ:də] 美 [ɑrˈmɑdə]
n. （西班牙的）无敌舰队
名词复数:armadas
- If an armada is looking for you, that's not good news — it's a fleet of warships.
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- n. （西班牙的）无敌舰队
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1. Hobbes was born in 1588, the year that the English naval forces drove back the invasion of the famous Spanish armada.
霍布斯出生在1588年，这一年也是英国海军,击退著名的西班牙无敌舰队的一年。
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2. “News ballads”, which spread news in the form of popular songs, covered the defeat of the Spanish armada in 1588, among many other events.
“新闻之歌”——即用流行歌曲的形式传播消息——报道了1588年西班牙无敌舰队的惨败，以及其他许多事件。
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3. In planting false prophecies and astrological predictions among the armada crews, he spread dissent and mutiny and encouraged many to jump ship.
接着他又在无敌舰队的船员中散布虚假的预言和星相预测，煽动不满和叛乱，促使许多人弃船而逃。
- armada (n.) "fleet of warships," 1530s (armado), from Spanish armada "an armed force," from Medieval Latin armata "armed force" (see army). Current form of the word is from 1590s. The fleet sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588 was being called the Spanish Armada by 1613, the Invincible Armada by 1632.
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