英语词汇queen of the seas的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Queen of the Seas. The Italian city of Venice was built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon. Between the islands are 160 mostly narrow canals crossed by hundreds of bridges, but the beautiful “Queen of the Seas,” as Venice has been called, has only gondolas and other boats as means of conveyance; there is water literally everywhere. The first time he visited Venice, hu- morist Robert Benchley was on assignment for the New Yorker. “Streets full of water,” he wired his editor Harold Ross, “please advise.”

词汇	queen of the seas
词源	Queen of the Seas. The Italian city of Venice was built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon. Between the islands are 160 mostly narrow canals crossed by hundreds of bridges, but the beautiful “Queen of the Seas,” as Venice has been called, has only gondolas and other boats as means of conveyance; there is water literally everywhere. The first time he visited Venice, hu- morist Robert Benchley was on assignment for the New Yorker. “Streets full of water,” he wired his editor Harold Ross, “please advise.”
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