a town in Shropshire, west central England, to the east of Shrewsbury; pop. 161,700 (est. 2007). Named after Thomas Telford, it was designated a new town in 1963.
泰尔福特镇(英格兰中西部什鲁普郡的一个城镇,位于什鲁斯伯里以东;2007年估计人口161,700. 此镇以托马斯·泰尔福特的名字命名,1963年设镇)。
Thomas (1757—1834), Scottish civil engineer. He built hundreds of miles of roads, more than a thousand bridges (including the Menai suspension bridge 1819—26), and a number of canals, including the Caledonian Canal across Scotland (opened 1822).
泰尔福特,托马斯(1757—1834,苏格兰土木工程师,建造了数百英里公路,1,000多座桥梁,包括1819—1826年建造的梅奈吊桥,和许多条运河,包括开放于1822年的横穿苏格兰的喀里多尼亚运河)。