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。
Baker 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 maker of cakes of pastries, 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 Wharf
金丝雀码头站
Canary Wharf takes its name from a warehouse, built for the Mediterranean 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’.
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