Blackpool

/ˈblækpuːl/

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a town on the coast of Lancashire in north-west England. In the past it was a popular holiday place for workers in the Lancashire cotton mills (= factories). Its famous beach is 7 miles/11 kilometres long, and the town offers a lot of entertainment. The Blackpool Tower is a famous landmark in the area. It was built in 1894 out of metal, like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and is 520 feet/158 metres high. Blackpool is also famous for the Blackpool illuminations, an event in the autumn when the Tower and the streets are lit up every night for several weeks with thousands of coloured lights.布萊克浦（英格蘭西北部蘭開夏郡沿海城鎮，過去曾是蘭開夏郡棉紡廠工人喜愛的度假地。其著名的海灘長 7 英裏（合 11 公裏）。城中有很多娛樂活動。建於 1894 年的布萊克浦塔是該地區的著名地標；像巴黎的埃菲爾鐵塔一樣，這座 520 英尺（合 158 米）高的塔是用金屬建成的。亦因布萊克浦彩燈而聞名，這項活動在秋天舉行，接連數星期布萊克浦塔和街道每晚都被數千彩燈照亮）