Yorktown
/ˈjɔːktaʊn/
/ˈjɔːrktaʊn/
- the town in south-east Virginia where the final military campaign of the American Revolution took place. The British Army, led by General Charles Cornwallis, was surrounded there in 1781 by 16 000 American and French soldiers. The surrender (= agreement to accept defeat) of Cornwallis to General George Washington ended the war.
约克镇（Yorktown）：弗吉尼亚州东南部的小镇，美国革命的最后军事行动在此进行。由查尔斯·康瓦利斯将军领导的英国军队在1781年被1.6万名美国和法国士兵包围。康沃利斯向乔治·华盛顿将军的投降（同意接受失败）结束了战争。