Boadicea

常見例句

In the olden days, it was said that the warrior Queen Boadicea of Norfolk, East Britain, brought a hare with her to ensure luck in battle against the Roman Empire who had invaded her kingdom.
據(jù)說，很久以前，來自英國東部諾福克的勇士博阿迪西亞女王在與入侵其王國的羅馬帝國軍隊(duì)打仗時(shí)，就隨身帶著一只野兔來確保逢戰(zhàn)必勝。
In the olden9) days, it was said that the warrior Queen Boadicea of Norfolk, East Britain, brought a hare with her to ensure luck in battle against the Roman Empire who had invaded her kingdom.
據(jù)說，很久以前，來自英國東部諾福克的勇士博阿迪西亞女王在與入侵其王國的羅馬帝國軍隊(duì)打仗時(shí)，就隨身帶著一只野兔來確保逢戰(zhàn)必勝。

This jibe—mere truth it seemed at the time—was stunningly refuted when its victim, in his resignation speech, achieved what the entire Labour Party never could and brought the Iron Lady down (and if you think iron the rudest or lady even a usual word for that bargain-basement Boadicea, think again).
ECONOMIST: Desiccated calculating bores