| 单词 | continental |
| 释义 | continental (kɒntɪnentəl ) Word forms: continentals 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Continental means situated on or belonging to the continent of Europe except for Britain. [mainly British] He sees no signs of improvement in the U.K. and continental economy. 2. countable noun [usually plural] A continental is someone who comes from the continent of Europe. [British, informal] 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you describe someone or something as continental, you think that they are typical of the continent of Europe. [British, informal] He's very continental. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Continental is used to refer to something that belongs to or relates to a continent. The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old. 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] The continental United States consists of all the states which are situated on the continent of North America, as opposed to Hawaii and territories such as the Virgin Islands. [mainly US] Shipping is included on orders sent within the continental U.S. Since these substances are not licensed, they cannot be sold in the continental United States. 6. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Continental means existing or happening in the American colonies during the American Revolution. [US] ...George Washington, Commander of the Continental Army. The Continental Congress called upon the 13 states to draft new constitutions establishing governments more conducive to 'republican' principles. 7. countable noun Continentals were soldiers who fought in the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution. [US] Collocations: continental championship In that period they captured the continental championship seven times, including six in a row. Times, Sunday Times Still, the silver medal was his first at the primary continental championships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Continental qualification places will be allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These didn't include the continental championships, which also part of the series in recent years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was the first coach to qualify the team for the continental championships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And, compared to their continental counterparts, they were a paragon of stability. Times, Sunday Times Some of our continental counterparts see the role of monarch differently. Times, Sunday Times Our graveyards have been full for decades because, unlike many of our continental counterparts, we bury people for perpetuity. Times, Sunday Times I have described him as pedestrian, slow, unsophisticated and, on occasion in this column, compared him unfavourably with his continental counterparts. Times, Sunday Times Its methods and techniques were less sophisticated than those of its continental counterparts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But earthquakes, which happen 1,500 times a year in a country that sits on huge continental plates, can be catastrophic. The Sun Enthusiasts can explore directly in the crack between two continental plates, which are drifting apart at a rate of about 2cm a year. Times, Sunday Times Near some boundaries between the land and sea, the slightly denser oceanic plates slide beneath the continental plates and more subduction trenches are formed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the continental plates moved apart, they ruptured, and blocks subsided along fault lines forming the rift valleys that became sedimentary basins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Continental plates have periodically collided and assembled in geologic periods of orogenesis (mountain building) to form supercontinents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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