伦敦地铁站的怪名字原来都大有来头！

 　　Oxford¹ Circus

　　牛津马戏团站

　　The oldest sense of circus is ‘a large building, surrounded with rising tiers of seats, for the exhibition of public spectacles’but, in this instance, it is simply a ‘circular open space at a street junction’.

　　circus最古老的意思是“一幢大楼，由层层座椅围绕着，可以作展览和公开表演之用”。但这里就是“十字路口圆形空地”的意思。

　　King’s Cross St Pancras

　　国王的十字圣潘克洛斯站

　　This tube station services King’s Cross and St Pancras National Rail stations. The former is now perhaps best known for being Harry² Potter’s entrance to Hogwarts, but the king in question is King George IV (who reigned³ 1820-1830), and the cross, a monument that was demolished⁴ in 1845. St Pancras was born around 289, and beheaded for his Christian⁵ faith when he was 14 years old.

　　这个地铁站监管国王的十字和圣潘克洛斯国家火车站。前者即哈利波特通往霍格沃茨的车站，广为人知；但引人热议的国王是指乔治四世（1820-1830执政）；而十字毁于1845年。圣潘克洛斯出生于约莫289年，14岁时因其基督信仰而被斩首。

　　Angel

　　天使站

　　It’s named after a former coaching inn on the Great North Road called the Angel, dating from the 17th century.

　　这个站名来源于大北方之路过去一家名为“天使”驿站，可以追溯到17世纪。

　　Baker⁶ Street

　　贝克街站

　　The most famous resident of Baker Street is, of course, Sherlock Holmes. You might think that it was named after a maker⁷ of cakes of pastries⁸, but its namesake is actually William Baker, a builder who laid out the street in the second half of the 18th century.

　　贝克街最著名的居民自然是夏洛克·福尔摩斯。或许你觉得这名字是根据蛋糕点心师傅取的，但事实上，街名来自建筑师威廉·贝克，18世纪下半叶，贝克对这条街做了布局规划。

　　Bank

　　班克站

　　Bank is named after the Bank of England. Incidentally, it was voted the most disliked tube station in 2013.

　　班克（英语中”银行“的音译为”班克“）取自英格兰银行。顺便一提，2013年班克被投票选为最受人讨厌的地铁站。

　　Canary Wharf⁹

　　金丝雀码头站

　　Canary Wharf takes its name from a warehouse¹⁰, built for the Mediterranean¹¹ and Canary Islands fruit trade.

　　金丝雀码头的名字取自一间仓库，仓库是为地中海和金丝雀岛屿水果贸易而建的。

　　Hainault

　　海诺特站

　　This unusual name comes from the Old English ‘Hyneholt or ‘Henehout’ and means ‘wood belonging to a religious community’.

　　这个不同一般的名字来自古英语的Hyneholt或者Henehout，意为“宗教社区的树木”。

　　Hanger¹² Lane

　　汉格巷站

　　The lane is named after Hanger Hill. hanger comes from the Old English hangra, ‘a wood on a slope’.

　　这条巷子根据汉格山命名，"汉格"来自古英语hangra，意为“斜坡上的树林”。

　　Swiss Cottage

　　瑞士小屋站

　　This area owes its unusual name to a local inn. The Swiss Tavern¹³, built in 1803-4, was in the style of a Swiss chalet – later renamed to the humbler Swiss Cottage.

　　这块地区名字独特是因为当地的一家小旅馆。“瑞士酒店”建于1803至1804年间，是瑞士小木屋风格，“瑞士小屋”这个名字要低调很多，是后来重新命名的。

　　Turnpike Lane

　　登碧里站

　　It’s a historical term for a toll¹⁴ gate, though was originally a spiked¹⁵ barrier – thus a sense of pikemeaning ‘a spiked staff or stick’.

　　收费站史称"登碧里"，尽管最初指带刺的障碍物，因而pike有“带刺拐杖或棍子”之意。

1 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 reigned   

vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式）

参考例句：

• Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静，一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

7 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

8 pastries   

n.面粉制的糕点

参考例句：

• He gave a dry laugh, then sat down and started on the pastries. 杜新箨说着干笑一声，坐下去就吃点心。 来自子夜部分
• Mike: So many! I like Xijiang raisins, beef jerky, and local pastries. 麦克：太多了。我最喜欢吃新疆葡萄干、牛肉干和风味点心。

9 wharf   

n.码头，停泊处

参考例句：

• We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
• We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。

10 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

11 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

12 hanger   

n.吊架，吊轴承；挂钩

参考例句：

• I hung my coat up on a hanger.我把外衣挂在挂钩上。
• The ship is fitted with a large helicopter hanger and flight deck.这艘船配备有一个较大的直升飞机悬挂装置和飞行甲板。

13 tavern   

n.小旅馆，客栈；小酒店

参考例句：

• There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
• Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。

14 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

15 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句