city in Colorado, U.S., founded 1858 as Auraria ("golden"), renamed 1859 for Gen. James W. Denver (1817-1892), governor of the territory. The family name is from the place of that name in Norfolk, literally "ford or passage used by the Danes," from Old English Dena (genitive plural) + fær.
The Denver boot or shoe as the name for a wheel clamp for illegally parked vehicles, supposedly was invented 1953 by Frank Marugg, pattern-maker and violinist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. He was a friend of politicians and police department officials, and the city sheriff's department came to him for help in making a device to immobilize vehicles whose owners didn't pay parking tickets.
双语例句
1. Denver has the inside track among 10 sites being considered.
丹佛在10个被考虑的地点之中具有优势。
来自柯林斯例句
2. We must be almost to Denver.
我们一定快到丹佛了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Denver, Colorado, became a one - newspaper city a few weeks ago : the Rocky Mountain News closed.
在几个星期以前Colorado州的Denver市成为只有一家报纸的城市了.
来自互联网
4. Denver had won the championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-20 in overtime.
丹佛队在加时赛中以23比20击败克利夫兰布朗队夺得冠军。
来自柯林斯例句
5. It would be a two - hour - twenty - minute non - stop flight to Denver.
