rappahannock

rappahannock

1. The fighting was taking place on the south side of the Rappahannock River. The Union army's supply lines were on the north side.

战役发生在拉帕汉诺克河的南岸。联盟军的供给线却在北岸。

2. Spring rains were beginning to make the Rappahannock rise. General Hooker did not want to get trapped without food and ammunition. So he ordered his men back across the river.

春天的雨水开始让拉帕汉诺克河的水涨了起来。胡克将军可不准备陷入无粮无弹的困境。所以,他安排自己的人马回头穿过河流。

3. The crossing of the Yangtze - like the crossing of so many other river barriers in history, from the Rubicon to the Rappahannock or the Rhine - may stand as a decisive date in world history.

横渡长江如同历史上横渡卢比孔河、拉巴哈诺克河或莱茵河等许多江河天险一样,可能成为一个具有决定意义的日子载入史册。

4. That was because she had Indian blood Cherokee from her father and Rappahannock from her mother as well as black.

这是因为她身上带着印度血统,切罗基族血统来自父亲而拉帕汉诺克的黑人血统来自母亲。

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