Word · Frequency #17474
Colombo
科伦坡
the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka, located on the western coast of the island, with one of the world's largest harbors
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n. the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
科伦坡
In use
We flew into Colombo late at night and took a taxi to our hotel.
Colombo is the largest city in Sri Lanka and a major port on the Indian Ocean.
She has lived in Colombo for five years and enjoys the city's busy markets.
in [city]
表示“在某个城市里”时，介词用 in，城市名通常不加冠词。
She lives in Colombo.
她住在科伦坡。
[city] is the capital of [country]
此句型用于说明某城市是某国的首都，[city] 和 [country] 均为专有名词。
Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.
科伦坡是斯里兰卡的首都。
fly to [city]
fly to 表示乘飞机前往，后接表示目的地的城市名。
They flew to Colombo for a conference.
他们飞往科伦坡开会。
Common mistakes
colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.
Colombo 是专有名词，在句中作主语时应首字母大写；小写 colombo 不符合英语专有名词的书写规则。改为大写后词形正确。
The capital of Sri Lanka is Columbo.The capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo.
斯里兰卡首都的名称固定写作 Colombo（科伦坡），不是 Columbo；Columbo 是与 Colombo 相近的误拼，不能用来指斯里兰卡首都。
She lives at Colombo.She lives in Colombo.
表示居住或位于某个城市时，要用 in（城市是范围），而 at 一般用于具体的点或小场所，因此应为 in Colombo。
Connections
Collocations
- the city of Colombo
- 科伦坡市
- The city of Colombo is the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.科伦坡市是斯里兰卡的首都和最大城市。
- the Port of Colombo
- 科伦坡港
- The Port of Colombo is one of the largest harbors in the world.科伦坡港是世界上最大的港口之一。
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 斯里兰卡的科伦坡
- They spent three days in Colombo, Sri Lanka.他们在斯里兰卡的科伦坡待了三天。
- visit Colombo
- 游览科伦坡
- We plan to visit Colombo next summer.我们计划明年夏天游览科伦坡。
Confusing words
- Colombia
- 哥伦比亚（国家名） · 科伦坡（Colombo）是斯里兰卡首都，哥伦比亚（Colombia）是南美洲国家；二者拼写相近但一个指城市、一个指国家。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把“科伦坡”记成“可抡坡”：想象斯里兰卡这座海港城市，工人把货箱抡上坡岸。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：地理与旅游、新闻报道、日常交流 科伦坡是斯里兰卡的首都，作为专有地名，通常用于地理、旅游、新闻等场合，语域比较中性，没有明显的正式或随意之分。
Pronunciation & Spelling
jumbo、gumbo、dumbo、mumbo 与 colombo 的重读元音及之后部分相同，押 /ʌmbəu/ 韵；columbus（/kəˈlʌmbəs/）和 colombia（/kəˈlʌmbiə/）拼写相似，但结尾发音分别为 /əs/ 和 /biə/，不押韵，注意区分。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.