U.S. territory organized 1854, admitted as a state 1867, from a native Siouan name for the Platte River, either Omaha ni braska or Oto ni brathge, both literally "water flat." The modern river name is from French rivière platte, which means "flat river." Related: Nebraskan.
Bug eaters, a term applied derisively to the inhabitants of Nebraska by travellers on account of the poverty-stricken appearance of many parts of the State. If one living there were to refuse to eat bugs, he would, like Polonius, soon be "not where he eats but where he is eaten." [Walsh, 1892]
双语例句
1. He farmed 2500 acres of Nebraska prairie.
他耕种了2500英亩的内布拉斯加州大草原.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. On that first day, more than 1,000,000 trees were planted in Nebraska.
就在那一天, 内布拉斯加种下了1000000多棵树.
来自英语晨读30分（高三）
3. In this way Nebraska has been afforested , and it's green all the year around.
现在的内布拉斯加已经普遍造林, 四季常青.
来自英语晨读30分（高三）
4. She was born on November 24,1885 , in the small frontier town of Friend, Nebraska.
她一八八五年十一月二十四日出生于内布拉斯加州一个叫弗伦德的边疆小镇.
来自辞典例句
5. Because of him, Arbor Day was set up in Nebraska.
