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单词 subcontinent
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Definition of subcontinent in English:

subcontinent

noun sʌbˈkɒntɪnəntˌsəbˈkɑn(t)ənənt
  • A large distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or the part of Asia containing India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Do you think that this is going to have serious implications for security on the subcontinent?
    • The result is a new point of reference for the two estranged siblings of the subcontinent to tell stories about each other.
    • But in the case of the subcontinent, as the U.S. well knows, that peace has yet to be forged.
    • Agitated over the role of politicians of both the countries, Khan blamed them of all ills in the subcontinent.
    • The region served as a fountainhead of Hindu religion and was an established center of education in the subcontinent.
    • Never before has this double edged weapon been used so effectively by any politician in the subcontinent.
    • This would be the best gift the subcontinent could offer to the world in the International Year of Mountains.
    • They can bind relationships even beyond the mental and geographical barriers of a subcontinent.
    • By the start of the last century, colonial India's hill stations were strung out all over the subcontinent.
    • The subcontinent is home to a number of indigenous breeds of dogs.
    • It also offers a fine range of Indian cuisine prepared by their resident chef, imported straight from the subcontinent.
    • Seems a batsman in the match was from somewhere on the subcontinent.
    • The movies that enthrall, enrage and obsess a billion Indians, on the subcontinent and around the world.
    • None foresaw a disaster even remotely close to the one that overwhelmed the subcontinent.
    • There are Chinatowns and takeaways all over the world, but in Britain the culinary impact of China is dwarfed by the subcontinent.
    • The story faded from the front pages in most of the world, but it was not quickly forgotten on the subcontinent.
    • This system will develop over the southeastern subcontinent and may reach Namibia's eastern parts.
    • The Nehru-Gandhi family dominated politics in the subcontinent for 40 years after the end of British rule.
    • It was the first and last glimpse of the subcontinent for millions of colonial servants, and it changes utterly every time I come here.
    • Chutzpah and discipline more than muscle built the Empire on the subcontinent.

Derivatives

  • subcontinental

  • adjective sʌbkɒntɪˈnɛnt(ə)l
    • This was the first time I had actually watched Canada play in this tournament, and the striking thing about their team was just how subcontinental their team looked.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Obviously these pictures take a position that in a western gallery mediates for the other India, one that is insulated from disasters, disease, subcontinental chaos.
      • Dismissing, optimistically, the threats of African AIDS and Indian subcontinental nuclear lunacy, there will be huge population pressures in the poorer countries over the next few decades.
      • I had 20-page faxes of handwritten itineraries, imploring phone calls in the middle of the night, notes from strangers, the itinerant yogis of subcontinental tourism.
      • Does the richness of the tradition of argument make much difference to subcontinental lives today?

Rhymes

continent
 
 

Definition of subcontinent in US English:

subcontinent

nounˌsəbˈkɑn(t)ənəntˌsəbˈkän(t)ənənt
  • A large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.

    See also Indian subcontinent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the first and last glimpse of the subcontinent for millions of colonial servants, and it changes utterly every time I come here.
    • This would be the best gift the subcontinent could offer to the world in the International Year of Mountains.
    • But in the case of the subcontinent, as the U.S. well knows, that peace has yet to be forged.
    • The story faded from the front pages in most of the world, but it was not quickly forgotten on the subcontinent.
    • The result is a new point of reference for the two estranged siblings of the subcontinent to tell stories about each other.
    • This system will develop over the southeastern subcontinent and may reach Namibia's eastern parts.
    • Chutzpah and discipline more than muscle built the Empire on the subcontinent.
    • The subcontinent is home to a number of indigenous breeds of dogs.
    • There are Chinatowns and takeaways all over the world, but in Britain the culinary impact of China is dwarfed by the subcontinent.
    • The movies that enthrall, enrage and obsess a billion Indians, on the subcontinent and around the world.
    • None foresaw a disaster even remotely close to the one that overwhelmed the subcontinent.
    • They can bind relationships even beyond the mental and geographical barriers of a subcontinent.
    • By the start of the last century, colonial India's hill stations were strung out all over the subcontinent.
    • Do you think that this is going to have serious implications for security on the subcontinent?
    • The region served as a fountainhead of Hindu religion and was an established center of education in the subcontinent.
    • The Nehru-Gandhi family dominated politics in the subcontinent for 40 years after the end of British rule.
    • Agitated over the role of politicians of both the countries, Khan blamed them of all ills in the subcontinent.
    • It also offers a fine range of Indian cuisine prepared by their resident chef, imported straight from the subcontinent.
    • Seems a batsman in the match was from somewhere on the subcontinent.
    • Never before has this double edged weapon been used so effectively by any politician in the subcontinent.
 
 
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