(n) a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia, Syn. Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg
(n) United States inventor (born in Hungary) who made the first TV broadcast in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948 and pioneered videocassette recording (1906-1977), Syn. Peter Carl Goldmark, Peter Goldmark
(n) United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973), Syn. Gerard Peter Kuiper, Gerard Kuiper
(n) British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987), Syn. Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Brian Medawar
(n) czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725), Syn. Czar Peter I, Peter the Great
(n) the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672), Syn. Petrus Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant
[拆东墙补西墙 / 拆東牆補西牆, chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiángㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧㄤˊ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul#77400
[拆东补西 / 拆東補西, chāi dōng bǔ xīㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul#278813
[中俄伊犁条约 / 中俄伊犁條約, Zhōng É Yī lí tiáo yuēㄓㄨㄥ ㄜˊ ㄧ ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
[中俄改订条约 / 中俄改訂條約, Zhōng É gǎi dìng tiáo yuēㄓㄨㄥ ㄜˊ ㄍㄞˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
[改订伊犁条约 / 改订伊犁條約, gǎi dìng Yī lí tiáo yuēㄍㄞˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧ ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
[からふとちしまこうかんじょうやく;からふと・ちしまこうかんじょうやく(樺太・千島交換条約), karafutochishimakoukanjouyaku ; karafuto . chishimakoukanjouyaku ( karafuto . sen s] (n) Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Ende { n }; Zweck { m }; Ziel { n } (von) | letztes Ende | am Ende seiner Kraft | am Ende der Geschichte | am oberen Ende | am Ende seiner Künste sein | ein Ende machen | am Ende sein | langsam zu Ende gehen; versiegen; versickern; im Sande verlaufen | einer Sache ein Ende machen | das Ende vom Lied | mit dem Ende nach vorne; mit dem Ende zuerst | mit den Enden aneinander | gegen Ende seiner Tage
end (of) | fag end | at the end of one's tether | at the end of the story | at the head | to be at one's wits end | to put an end to | to be running on empty | to peter out | to put a stop to sth. | the end of the story | endwise; endways | end to end; endwise | in his declining days
den schwarzen Peter weitergeben
to pass the buck
Sankt Peter; der Heilige Petrus
Saint Peter
sich verlieren; sich totlaufen; im Nichts verlaufen