town in south-central Pennsylvania, U.S., 1800 (earlier it was Gettys-town), founded 1780s by Gen. James Gettys and named for him. Civil War battle there was fought July 1-3, 1863. The Gettysburg Address was given Nov. 19, 1863, and was being called that by 1865, though before President Lincoln's assassination the term tended to refer to Edward Everett's full oration that preceded Lincoln's short speech.
双语例句
1. Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.
艾森豪威尔离开白宫，退隐到他在葛底斯堡的农场。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He lives about 60 miles upstream from Oahe, near Gettysburg, South Dakota.
他住在奥阿希湖上游约60英里处，靠近南达科他州的葛底斯堡。
来自柯林斯例句
3. " Her beau, that boy Brent something - or - other who was killed at Gettysburg. "
