continent
continent 英 [ˈkɒntɪnənt] 美 [ˈkɑntɪnənt]
n. 大陆，洲，陆地
名词复数:continents
- A continent is one of the seven largest landmasses found on Earth. Asia, Australia, and Africa are three continents. Can you name the other four?
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- n. 大陆，洲，陆地
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1. the continent of Africa
非洲大陆
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2. the African continent
非洲大陆
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3. We're going to spend a weekend on the Continent.
我们要去欧洲大陆度周末。
- continent (adj.) late 14c., "self-restraining, temperate, abstemious," especially "abstaining from or moderate in sexual intercourse," from Old French continent and directly from Latin continentem (nominative continens) "holding together, continuous," present participle of continere "to hold back, check," also "hold together, enclose," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + tenere "to hold" (from PIE root *ten- "to stretch"). In reference to bladder control, 1899. Related: Continently.
- continent (n.) 1550s, "continuous tract of land," from continent land (mid-15c.), translating Medieval Latin terra continens "continuous land," from Latin continens "continuous," present participle of continere "to hold together, enclose," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + tenere "to hold" (from PIE root *ten- "to stretch").
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