Australia
Australia 英 [ɒ'streɪlɪə] 美 [ɔ'streljə]
n. 澳大利亚，澳洲
名词复数:australias
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- n. 澳大利亚，澳洲
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1. He move his family to Australia.
他把家迁到澳大利亚。
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2. He went out to Australia about five years ago.
他大约在五年前移居澳大利亚。
- Australia from Latin Terra Australis (16c.), from australis "southern" + -ia. A hypothetical southern continent, known as terra australis incognita, had been proposed since 2c. Dutch explorers called the newfound continent New Holland; the current name was suggested 1814 by Matthew Flinders as an improvement over Terra Australis "as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the name of the other great portions of the earth" ["Voyage to Terra Australis"]. In 1817 Gov. Lachlan Macquarie, having read Flinders' suggestion, began using it in official correspondence. The ultimate source is Latin auster "south wind," hence, "the south country" (see austral).
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