continent

汉语翻译

n. 大陆, 洲
a. 自制的

词型变化：

副词:continently 

英语解释：

名词 continent:

1. one of the large landmasses of the earth
2. the European mainland

形容词 continent:

1. having control over urination and defecation
2. abstaining from sexual intercourse
   同义词：celibate

例句：

1. An inhabitant of a continent.
   大陆人居住于大陆上的居民
2. If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent, that joins to them.
   如果一个人对外邦人也能温和有礼，那么他就可以被称作一个“世界的公民”——他的心与五洲四海是相通的。
3. The Antarctica is a continent centered roughly on the South Pole.
   南极洲是一片大致以南极为中心的大陆。
4. There are seven continents in the world.
   世界上有七大洲。

详细解释：

continent

n.（名词）
Abbr. cont.One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
缩写 cont.大陆：地球上主要的大块陆地之一，一般认为包括非洲、南极洲、亚洲、澳洲、欧洲、北美洲及南美洲
Continent The mainland of Europe. Used withthe.
Continent 欧洲大陆：欧洲大陆。与定冠词the 连用

来源：
Latin (terra) continôns continent- [continuous (land)] [present participle of] continôre [to hold together] * see contain
拉丁语 (terra) continôns continent- [连绵不断的（陆地）] [] continôre的现在分词 [使连在一起] *参见 contain

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continent
continent 2

adj.（形容词）
Exercising continence.
实行节制的

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin continôns [present participle of] continôre [to restrain] * see contain
源自 拉丁语 continôns [] continôre的现在分词 [抑制] *参见 contain

【引伸】
con.tinently
adv.（副词）