senate
n
(often 常作 Senate)
1 [CGp] upper house of the law-making assembly in some countries, eg France, the US and Australia 参议院(如法国、 美国、 澳大利亚的)
[attrib 作定语]
a Senate committee, decision 参议院委员会、 决议. Cf 参看 congress 2, the House of Representatives (house1).
2 [CGp] governing council of certain universities (某些大学的)教务委员会, 理事会.
3 [Gp] (in ancient Rome) highest council of state (古罗马的)元老院.
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
The common meeting place for Maori is on the marae, an area of land with a meeting house, where all the important events take place.