名詞 coventry:

1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
   同義詞：banishment, ostracism
2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century

1. If you tell tales about other boys in school, you'll be sent to Coventry.
   如果你在學(xué)校里說其他孩子的壞話，就沒有人再和你交往了。
2. People who go on working when their Union calls a strike are often sent to Coventry by their workmates.
   當(dāng)工會(huì)號(hào)召罷工時(shí)，繼續(xù)做工的人經(jīng)常受到其他工人的抵制。
3. Men who refused to strike were sent to coventry by their colleagues.
   凡是不參加罷工的人，同事都不理睬他們。

Coventry

NONE（無(wú)詞性）
A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 940). Population, 38,'00.
考文垂市：英格蘭中部城市，位于伯明翰東南偏東。因是世紀(jì)戈黛娃夫人的家鄉(xiāng)而著名，二戰(zhàn)中（940年月），考文垂受到空襲的極嚴(yán)重破壞。人口38,'00
A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in '43 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population, 3,083.
考文垂鎮(zhèn)：羅得島州中西部一鎮(zhèn)，在普羅維登斯西南部。'43年有移民到這里，在此之前是著名飾帶制造中心。人口3,083

Coventry
Coventry 2

n.（名詞）
A state of ostracism or exile:
放逐，流放：放逐或流放的狀態(tài)：
例句：
.It`s not that smoke-filled rooms are back; smokers huddle in Coventry these days.(Flora Lewis)
.煙霧迷漫的房間不會(huì)再回來了；吸煙者現(xiàn)在都被驅(qū)逐了.(弗洛拉·劉易斯)

來源：
After Coventry [England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War)]
源自 Coventry[英格蘭（大概因?yàn)橛?guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間保王黨囚犯被流放到那里）]