male proper name, from Welsh Llwyd, literally "gray," from PIE *pel- (2) "pale" (see pallor). Lloyd's, meaning the London-based association of marine underwriters, is first recorded as such 1805, from Lloyd's Coffee House, Tower Street, London, opened in 1688 by Edward Lloyd, who supplied shipping information to his patrons.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.
勞埃德·喬治極力想表現(xiàn)得平易近人、和藹親切。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's.
類似勞埃德保險(xiǎn)公司的那些丑聞令倫敦名聲掃地。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A few days earlier he had received a telegram from Lord Lloyd.
幾天前，他收到勞埃德勛爵發(fā)來的一封電報(bào)。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The people who run Lloyd's of London took a pasting yesterday.