Lawrence

Lawrence[ 'lɔrəns ]

• n.
  • Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

    同义词：Saint LawrenceSt. LawrenceLaurentius

  • Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

    同义词：T. E. LawrenceThomas Edward LawrenceLawrence of Arabia

  • English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)

    同义词：Sir Thomas Lawrence

  • English actress (1898-1952)

    同义词：Gertrude Lawrence

  • United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)

    同义词：E. O. LawrenceErnest Orlando Lawrence

  • English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)

    同义词：D. H. LawrenceDavid Herbert Lawrence

  • a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856