| 单词 | continent |
| 释义 | continent (once / 315 pages) 1n 2adj 3adj 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? Some folks forget the continent of Antarctica, because so few humans live there—none of them permanently. And you might be surprised how many people think that Africa is a country and not a continent. Due to a process known as continental drift, the extremely slow movement of the continents across the face of the globe, our world looks very different from the way it did 100 million years ago. WORD FAMILYcontinent: continence, continency, continental, continently, continents, incontinent, subcontinent+/continental: continentally, intercontinental, transcontinental/incontinence: incontinences/incontinency: incontinencies/incontinent: incontinence, incontinency, incontinently/transcontinental: transcontinentally USAGE EXAMPLES“We on the African continent could boast that we had a contemporary descendent ruling the United States,” he said. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Leggeri called for increased cooperation between U.S. and European Union border protection services, saying that would contribute to stability on both continents. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) That would make Taiwan the only country in Asia to permit gay marriage, unless you consider New Zealand part of the continent. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1 n one of the large landmasses of the earth 2there are seven continents pioneers had to cross the continent on foot Exp|Hyper Africa the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Antarctic continentan extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep Asiathe largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Australiathe smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean Eurasiathe land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia Europethe 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Gondwanalanda hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica Laurasiaa hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia North Americaa continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama Pangaea(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland South Americaa continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama land mass, landmass a large continuous extent of land adj having control over urination and defecation 3Ant incontinent not having control over urination and defecation leakyused informally; unable to retain urine adj abstaining from sexual intercourse Syn celibate chaste morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) Continent (once / 734 pages) n WORD FAMILY Continent: Continental, Continents+/Continental: Continentally USAGE EXAMPLESTitling a section about Africa “An Overpopulated Dragon Overruns the Dark Continent” is problematic, and not just from a literary standpoint. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) The wars of the Middle East appear to be metastasizing across the Continent. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) Never mind that the collapse of European unity, flawed as it is, would open the door to expanded Russian influence throughout the Continent. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) n the European mainland Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there Exp mainland the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula |
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