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savoy

/suh-voi/US // səˈvɔɪ //UK // (səˈvɔɪ) //

萨瓦,萨瓦人,救世主,沙瓦

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the royal house of Italy that ruled from 1861 to 1946.
    • : French Savoie. a region in SE France, adjacent to the Swiss-Italian border: formerly a duchy; later a part of the kingdom of Sardinia; ceded to France, 1860.

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Examples

  • Nat “King” Cole, Sam Cooke, and Dinah Washington got their starts in its Regal and Savoy theaters.

  • He took her to the Savoy Grill to eat lobster, and to his favorite Mexican joint for hot enchiladas.

  • After four years studying
and working every conceivable station at the Savoy Hotel in Melbourne, I was officially a chef.

  • But by the late 1990s, the Savoy brand had petered out and the company was selling off bits and pieces.

  • One night at the Savoy hotel in London, Maggie shot him dead.

  • Jamie Dettmer recalls long lunches with the Iron Lady at the Savoy Hotel—the whisky, the flirting, and the strong-arm tactics.

  • The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.

  • In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

  • On Sunday, at a few minutes past five, he arrived at the Savoy, and was taken to Mrs. Chepstow's room.

  • It is there called a "prie-dieu," and is said to have belonged to the Dukes of Savoy, but the size is very unusual for such a use.

  • She gave the Savoy address mechanically and, huddled in a corner, gave way to wild and fearful misgivings.