英语词汇lusitania的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Lusitania. This famous British liner was named for the Ro- man province of Lusitania in the Iberian Peninsula, which its name from the area’s warlike tribes, called the Lusitani. She be- came one of the most famous ships in history because her sink- ing by a German submarine set America on the path into World War I; many Americans were among the 1,195 people on the Lusitania when she went down off Old Head of Kinsale in 1915. Most historians believe the tragedy was the fault of both a brutal submarine commander and the pigheaded skipper of the Lusitania, who refused to stay away from dangerous waters or even to speed through them. Some historians have also maintained that the Lusitania was surreptitiously carrying munitions.

词汇	lusitania
词源	Lusitania. This famous British liner was named for the Ro- man province of Lusitania in the Iberian Peninsula, which its name from the area’s warlike tribes, called the Lusitani. She be- came one of the most famous ships in history because her sink- ing by a German submarine set America on the path into World War I; many Americans were among the 1,195 people on the Lusitania when she went down off Old Head of Kinsale in 1915. Most historians believe the tragedy was the fault of both a brutal submarine commander and the pigheaded skipper of the Lusitania, who refused to stay away from dangerous waters or even to speed through them. Some historians have also maintained that the Lusitania was surreptitiously carrying munitions.
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