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/am-uh-zon, -zuhn/US // ˈæm əˌzɒn, -zən //UK // (ˈæməzən) //

亚马逊,阿马逊,阿玛逊,亚马逊公司

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3,900 miles long.
    • : Classical Mythology. one of a nation of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea.
    • : one of a fabled tribe of female warriors in South America.
    • : Often amazon . a tall, powerful, aggressive woman.
    • : Amazon ant.
    • : any of several green parrots of the genus Amazona, of tropical America, often kept as pets.
  1. 1

    Trademark.

    • : the brand name of a retail website, launched in 1995, that has expanded to include cloud computing and other services.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inshrew
Synonyms
backbiter背叛者,背信弃义者,叛徒,叛逆者battle-ax战斧,钺,斧头,斧钺biddy蓓迪,蓓蒂,蓓蓓,蓓蕾bitch母狗,婊子,贱人,母犬carper珀尔,珀,珀斯,珀子detractor排斥者,旁观者,反对者dragon龙,龍,龙形,龙的fire-eater食火者,食火兽,食火人,食火器fishwife渔夫,渔妇,渔民,鱼夫fury暴怒,愤怒,怒火,狂怒harpy鹞子,罂粟花,鹞子号,哈比harridan骚扰者,苛刻的人,烦人精,烦人hellion地狱人,地狱使者,地狱之神hussy小妖精,小丫头,小姑娘,小妖怪madcap疯人院,疯了,疯子,疯癫muckraker扒粪者,淘金者,扒粪工,扒手nag唠叨,唠唠叨叨,叨叨ogress议事厅,国会,议事会,议事堂porcupine豪猪,刺猬,毛刺,猪笼草scold责骂,骂人,斥责,詈骂she-devil女魔头,母老虎,母夜叉,女巫siren警报器,警笛声,警笛,报警器spitfire喷火器,喷火机,喷火枪,喷火termagant术语,术语表tigress虎妞,母老虎,虎妈,雌老虎virago维拉格,维拉戈,维拉多,维拉格人vixen狐狸精,妖精,泼妇,雌性动物wench巫婆,女巫,妓女,婊子calumniator钙化器,钙化者,钙化师,钙化剂hell cat地狱猫,地狱之猫,鬼猫,地獄貓old biddy老婆婆,老太婆,老头子,老太太reviler谩骂者,修订者,逆转者,逆转器she-wolf母狼,雌狼,母夜叉,狼人vituperator换气筒,换气机,换热器
as invirago
Synonyms
beldame贝尔达姆fishwife渔夫,渔妇,渔民,鱼夫harpy鹞子,罂粟花,鹞子号,哈比scold责骂,骂人,斥责,詈骂shrew泼妇,悍妇,刁民,鼩鼱termagant术语,术语表vixen狐狸精,妖精,泼妇,雌性动物

Examples

  • My colleague Jonathan Vanian has a couple of his highlights and CNET has an even more detailed exploration of what was announced, if you are an Amazon maximalist.

  • As I type, Amazon is up nearly 1% in pre-market trading, helped by investor enthusiasm for a new lineup of products introduced yesterday.

  • After years of rumors, Amazon finally detailed its cloud-gaming service Luna, which lets people stream certain video games to devices like personal computers without having to buy a video game console.

  • It also offers simulated quantum computers available through Amazon’s Braket cloud computing service and others.

  • Earlier this week, Echelon Fitness unveiled an “Ex-Prime” bike for $500 that it said was developed in collaboration with Amazon.

  • The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

  • It looks like Amazon is on track to get additional Pentagon contracts as well.

  • The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.

  • Netflix and Amazon, two companies responsible for much of our contemporary TV-viewing habits, have taken things to the next level.

  • Crowd labor platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk operate with few rules and little protection for workers.

  • Some of the tribes inhabiting the district of the lower Amazon indulge in snuff-taking.

  • In this locality the rubber harvest commences as soon as the Amazon falls which is usually about the first of August.

  • The buildings are usually grouped together at a favorable spot on the banks of the Amazon or one of its tributaries.

  • The manati is not peculiar to the Amazon river, being not less common in the Oronooko.

  • Probably the densest forests in the world are those in the Amazon region of South America.

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