British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
造句
用作名詞(n.)
Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment. 羅茲局長無暇評論。
He studied at Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. 他靠羅茲獎學金在牛津就讀。
Plans and preparations for the capture of Rhodes had been perfected in the Middle East Command over several months. 中東指揮部奪取羅得島的計劃和準備工作已經完成好幾個月了。
This tipped the scales against the small reinforcement required for the attack on Rhodes. 這個消息推翻了關于為攻打羅得島所需要提供少量援軍的計劃。