rock of gibraltar

/ji-brawl-ter/US // dʒɪˈbrɔl tər //UK // (dʒɪˈbrɔːltə) //

吉布罗陀岩,吉布罗陀岩石,吉布罗陀石,吉布罗陀岛

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the southern tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi..
- : Rock of Gibraltar. Ancient Calpe [kal-pee] /ˈkæl pi/ .a long, precipitous mountain nearly coextensive with this colony: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 1,396 feet high; 2.5 miles long.any person or thing that has strength and endurance that can be relied on.
- : Strait of Gibraltar, a strait between Europe and Africa at the Atlantic entrance to the Mediterranean. 8.5–23 miles wide.
- : any impregnable fortress or stronghold.

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Synonyms

Some 85 percent of Portugal’s population is fully vaccinated — aside from tiny Gibraltar, the highest rate in the world.
Walk to Gibraltar across the border at La Línea in Spain (74 miles east of Malaga).
“This is much more than a traffic jam at the border,” Dominique Searle, editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle told The Daily Beast.
“Hell will freeze over before Gibraltar removes the concrete,” Picardo insisted.
In recent years, a slew of online gambling companies have relocated from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar to enjoy the lower taxes.
Home to 30,000 British citizens, Gibraltar would be a way to hit the United Kingdom via the back door.
England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.
But on the other hand, Magazines are forming, troops marching, in a style which threatens Gibraltar.
The tobacco smuggling from Gibraltar keeps alive a lawless class which sinks easily into pure brigandage.
Just now, Grandfather's keyster is the Rock of Gibraltar, the financial prop that is sustaining the whole structure.
But such, in brief, is the deep mystery of Gibraltar, such is the Toxicological department of universal Freemasonry.

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the southern tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi..
- : Rock of Gibraltar. Ancient Calpe [kal-pee] /ˈkæl pi/ .a long, precipitous mountain nearly coextensive with this colony: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 1,396 feet high; 2.5 miles long.any person or thing that has strength and endurance that can be relied on.
- : Strait of Gibraltar, a strait between Europe and Africa at the Atlantic entrance to the Mediterranean. 8.5–23 miles wide.
- : any impregnable fortress or stronghold.

Examples

Some 85 percent of Portugal’s population is fully vaccinated — aside from tiny Gibraltar, the highest rate in the world.

Walk to Gibraltar across the border at La Línea in Spain (74 miles east of Malaga).

“This is much more than a traffic jam at the border,” Dominique Searle, editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle told The Daily Beast.

“Hell will freeze over before Gibraltar removes the concrete,” Picardo insisted.

In recent years, a slew of online gambling companies have relocated from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar to enjoy the lower taxes.

Home to 30,000 British citizens, Gibraltar would be a way to hit the United Kingdom via the back door.

England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.

But on the other hand, Magazines are forming, troops marching, in a style which threatens Gibraltar.

The tobacco smuggling from Gibraltar keeps alive a lawless class which sinks easily into pure brigandage.

Just now, Grandfather's keyster is the Rock of Gibraltar, the financial prop that is sustaining the whole structure.

But such, in brief, is the deep mystery of Gibraltar, such is the Toxicological department of universal Freemasonry.