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单词 Timbuktu
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Definition of Timbuktu in English:

Timbuktu

(also Timbuctoo)
proper nounˌtɪmbʌkˈtuːˌtɪmbəkˈtu
  • 1A town in northern Mali; population 35,600 (est. 2009). It was formerly a major trading centre for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 16th century but falling into decline after its capture by the Moroccans in 1591.

    French name Tombouctou
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a remote or extremely distant place.
      from here to Timbuktu
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If someone tells you they're going from here to Timbuktu you probably think they're on the road to nowhere.
      • Also, since you're not moving to Timbuktu or anything, you can always visit your old stomping grounds.
      • You would hear the screams from here to Timbuktu.
      • Her already far away eyes began to beat a swift path for Timbuktu.
      • They say that if you don't shut-up and listen they'll send you to Timbuktu.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of Timbuktu in US English:

Timbuktu

(also Timbuctoo)
proper nounˌtimbəkˈto͞oˌtɪmbəkˈtu
  • 1A town in northern Mali; population 35,600 (est. 2009). Formerly a major trading center for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes, it reached the height of its prosperity in the 16th century but fell into decline after its capture by the Moroccans in 1591.

    French name Tombouctou
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a remote or extremely distant place.
      from here to Timbuktu
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You would hear the screams from here to Timbuktu.
      • Her already far away eyes began to beat a swift path for Timbuktu.
      • If someone tells you they're going from here to Timbuktu you probably think they're on the road to nowhere.
      • Also, since you're not moving to Timbuktu or anything, you can always visit your old stomping grounds.
      • They say that if you don't shut-up and listen they'll send you to Timbuktu.
 
 
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